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Summary

You and me,
We are nothing,
We mean nothing,
There's no Us!


We are a summary of  nothingness.
We are a summary of infinite possibilities,
And yet we will exist in a summary of zero outcomes.


We, you and me, not us,
Are incomplete apart,
And yet together we are a summary of triviality.


We are in a fragile bubble,You and me,
The world shimmers and shines through this bubble,
And yet our summary is consumed by darkness.


We are in limbo, You and me,
We sway in a united rhythm,
And yet our summary is a masterpiece of unsynchronized steps.


We are a series of love songs, you and me,
We sing in harmony,
And yet our summary is engulfed in discordant notes


The pointlessness of you and me overwhelms me,
The unexplored potential of Us saddens me,
And yet somehow an alternative summary escapes me.

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