A Poet Walks into a Bar

A poet walks into a bar.

He sees the black light above the pool table.

Why does black light look purple?

Why does black light make white glow?

How can light be black? Aren't they opposite?

A black hole absorbs all light,

yet a black light illuminates white?

This does not compute.

Pour me a Black Guinness.

Then this might make sense.

Let's try this again.

A black hole absorbs all light.

Light is the opposite of dark.

So, a black light is opposite of a black hole.

Black light must give off extra light.

It bounces off the pool table.

The white catches it.

It glows.

Wait, why is it purple?

Pour me one more.

Black light is purple.

Purple reflects red.

There are a lot of different reds.

Red headed girls are pretty.

Her shirt is white and glowing.

So black light makes white glow

because red heads are pretty.

Wait, I forgot the pool table and the black hole.

I need another drink.

The black light is above the pool table

because the pool table has black holes

that try to absorb the white ball of light

so the purple reflects on her pretty red hair

because she is wearing a white shirt

and is smiling at me.

Yes, enough Guinness

makes sense.