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To Think of Nothing MAG
They tell me to think of Nothing,
To empty my mind and focus on Nothing.
But it’s hard to focus on Nothing.
Because if there’s Nothing,
Then what do I focus on?
They gave me a picture of Nothing,
And then asked me what it looked like.
I told them, “Nothing.”
And they said,
“Exactly.”
A blank paper … it was Nothing?
But even a paper is Something.
Right?
So how could it have been Nothing?
How could I have been right?
So, when I got a chance,
I took a crayon and colored all over Nothing.
When I was done, I thought,
There, now. Nothing’s finally Something!
But can you really change Nothing?
“Nothing is nothing,”
They told me.
“Think of Nothing,
Focus on Nothing.
White is Nothing.”
But white is Something.
It’s a color.
And Nothing is Something too.
Because if Nothing was nothing,
Then nothing wouldn’t be Nothing.
So therefore Nothing is Something.
Just like blank paper is Something,
And white is Something.
Nothing has to be Something too.
And that Something is Nothing.
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