California without Los Angeles
Movies without film
Fairy tales without heroes
Heroes without fairy tales
Numbers without zeros
Zeros without followers
Challenges without plans
Plans without goals
Parties without celebration
Celebrants without party
Kindness without trust
Trust without love
Possibilities without fear
Fear without possibilities
Age without youth
Youth without elders
Fatherland without motherland
Motherland without mothers
Bombs without air
Air without bombs
Explosions without noise
Silence without shame
Hatred without ecstasy
Ecstasy without love
Compassion without fear
Fear without hope
Despair without beauty
Beauty without ruin
Pages without books
Books without authors
Sunsets without moons
Moons without planets
Heat without light
Light without energy
Executioners without victims
Victims without pasts
Snipers without targets
Victims without enemies
Peace without honor
Honor without justice
Reason without thought
Thought without purpose
Existence without beings
Beings without existence
Possibilities without fear
Fear without possibilities
Futures without pasts
Pasts without history
Life without love
Love without life
AIs without humans
Humans without …