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Earth, air, fire, water.

Touch, taste, smell, hearing, sight.

Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism.

Thinking, imagining, dreaming.

Love, respect, disinterest, disapproval, hatred.

Birds, insects, mammals, amphibians, reptiles, fish.

Sun, moon, stars, planets, galaxies.

Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet.

Morning, afternoon, evening.

Snow, rain, sleet, hail, lightning, thunder.

Breathing, drinking, eating, eliminating, copulating, sleeping.

Man, woman, child.

Height, width, depth, time.

Meat, vegetables, fruits, grains.

Tornadoes, cyclones, hurricanes.

Melancholy, sanguinity, choler, phlegm.

Painting, sculpture, literature, photography.

Light, shadow, dark.

Spring, summer, fall, winter.

Body, mind, spirit, soul.

Music, dance, drama.

Earthquakes, tsunamis, avalanches, volcanic eruptions.

Birth, life, death, rebirth, eternity.

Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas, Australia, Antarctica.

Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance.

Seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, years, eons.

 

What is all this — this dizzying, mystifying list?

Is it that I've divided life into its elemental constituents,

Attempting to make sense of it,

Only to find that all the pieces run together,

Come together, in just another list:

Reality, being, existence, life...life according to me?

 

 

 

                                               

 

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