earphones
you might think
I'm that lazy student
who sits at the front of the class,
puts on his earbuds
and ignores the presentation.
i'm not lazy.
it's not every day you want people talking in your ear,
with all of that ajzktypzuq1Lgjqq...
whatever plays on my earphones also brings the silence of everything else.
if I don't have my ear buds,
I might hum,
which could distract other students
and I don't want to bother you,
or anyone else.
I could pass any class I want to, really.
I don't even have to be a genius or anything.
besides,
I didn't get here by failing classes.
I just don't like to hear people talk.
especially not your assumptions.
I don't want you poking my leg.
or interrupting my conversations.
I have my own life too, you know?
the biggest failures in life drown themselves in worldly pleasures,
collecting the energies of other people until their true self collapses under the weight of societal expectations.
take a journey of sound.
it's not a crime.
I've never had time by myself before, you know?
I'm not lazy.
like a printer with magenta, cyan, yellow and black ink,
I can run on over 6,000 different kinds of energy,
which means I can be over 6,000 different kinds of tired
and this is the kind of fuel I need.
don't poke me.
I'm on the phone with my best friend.
his name is Thom.
Thom Yorke.
he likes MF Doom
and I think that's cooler than your presentation.
thank you for listening.
Copyright © Ramael Ashta | Year Posted 2023
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