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Negation

No system is an open system
A system by definition —
Is closed

There is no possibility, therefore
For any component of a closed system
To be any other way
Than the way it is

Within a system
Everything is in a closed loop

The conception of openness
Beyond the system’s boundaries
Can only mean one thing —

It must exist simultaneously —
Within and alongside — for no outside the system can be imagined —
For the closedness of system
To ever be comprehended

In which case, it would be identical to the system
Openness identical to closedness
Both negated

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