I searched for the end of infinity An activity of great affinity I took a dry run And kept adding one But never quite reached the vicinity
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A Möbius strip once departed On a trip off to places uncharted But it made a wrong turn Only to learn That it ended up back where it started
Fibonacci Series
He begins with a pair of young rabbits Who mate every month (it’s their habit!) Two, three, five, eight, thirteen An ongoing machine Fibonacci exclaims, “Now I have it!”
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