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You're still up and I'm still up,

the only two people awake in the world.

So there must be a reason

better than distance

when we\'re not together

comparing dark circles

and counting the hours of sleep

we don't get

and talking 'til morning

so we can pretend

that nothing but accident keeps us awake,

together. That's one more night gone

when sleep happens,

or doesn't, in between sentences,

and I'd wake up answering

where I left off,

a nap between paragraphs

and you still think that I always make sense.

That's one morning more

I wake up, or don't,

stupid with love,

or with sleep deprivation,

and you're stupid too,

only not over me.

You're still up and I'm still up,

the only two people awake in the world.