I'm to envy them.
Their relationships.
Their families.
Their friendships.
Their social lives.
Their connections.
Their social media friend counts.
Their smiling vacation photos.
Their success.
I'm to feel horribly lonely
because
I don't have a family.
I've got (maybe) one friend.
I don't have a social life.
I don't have connections.
I don't have a social media friend count.
I don't have smiling vacation photos.
I don't have success.
The thing is, I've watched these fucks ...
No, I've watched you ...
my entire life.
I've studied you very closely.
I've observed very, very carefully.
I've watched.
I've listened.
In the supermarket.
In the coffee shop.
In the streets.
In the waiting rooms.
In the halls.
In the offices.
In the classrooms.
At concerts.
At celebrations.
At funerals.
In parks.
On the beach.
I've watched. I've listened.
Very carefully.
And what you call "family"
or "friendship" ...
Jesus.
There is a supposed loneliness epidemic
today.
So many people--alone.
But the truth is, it's not a loneliness
epidemic.
It's a "I've Got No One to Consume"
epidemic.
Because in truth,
that's all your "family" and "friends" are:
they're consummables.
And you're an addict in withdrawal.
If I know anything about you fucks,
watching you all this time,
listening,
observing,
decades of it ...
it's that.
I'm alone, yes.
I am not lonely.
My solitude I treasure
above all else.
The sea is my friend.
The trees.
The swallows whirling joyfully above,
twittering, playing, arguing.
The squirrels.
The bushes, the grass, the flowers,
the spiders.
The sky is a painting,
a masterpiece every moment,
something you fucks miss
almost every moment
(unless there's an eclipse or
a nuclear exchange, or money
just randomly fluttering out of the sky
towards you).
I am not a consumer like you.
Which means my relationships
are fundamentally different than yours.
My worldview is fundamentally different
than yours.
They are, in fact, infinitely deeper
than the ones you have with your
"family,"
with your "friends."
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