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Mind and Shelves

The mind categorizes...
it sorts...
things, events, emotions... people.

The short, the tall, the slim , the plump..
it puts everything and everyone.. 

on shelves.. different shelves..

The mind categorizes...
it segregates the friends..
identifies the foes...
based on transactions it terms as love and hate..

It is a universe of oxymoron..
it judges those who judge..
and hates those who have malice with fury..

The mind categorizes...
it also loves those whom it likes...
switches off the rationale.. always conscious of it, 
yet not relenting to it in the case of a certain few

And yet.. The mind categorizes.

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