/lit/ - Literature

Just sage this thread, shouldn't have littered the board with it. Here:

I’m building a hot-air balloon in my backyard.
Fuel isn’t hard to come by,
It’s just hard to save, that’s all.
Every night I let the excess hot-air out from my ears,
With a tire-pressure gauge I found in the garage,
That last little bit that I didn’t have to use during
Those necessarily contrived interactions with
Coworkers during the day, though
I have to use most of it,
To make sure I’m above them.
To make sure that all they see is the bottom of my shoes
When they ask me to go dancing
And just forget about my feet.
It always sounds like such a great way to fall over, and
Birds have knees that go the wrong way and
Talons for toes and
I’m only interested in flying anyway.
You see,
I’m so goddamn good that
Sometimes, if I try
There’s a little bit of extra,
Leftover fuel that I didn’t have to use.
I keep it in a tank,
Next to the pool equipment
Between the hot-water hose and the grill
To make sure it stays warm.
And while the stars are out,
And everyone else
Sleeps off the ache in their heels
And the twinge in their toes
I’m kneeling in the grass
Sewing together every formal jacket
And every pair of slacks
Every neck-tie and mismatched pair of fancy socks
By the chlorine-green light in the deep end of the pool
And the moonlight
And the starlight
But mostly the pool-light,
And when I’ve skipped enough dancing my balloon will finally be done.
I’ll empty my tank and take to the sky,
No, beyond the sky,
So high it will be hard to breathe and
When my tank runs out I’ll know that
I have just one more day
To stand right in the very middle of the basket
And empty my ears for the very last time.
Then I’ll be free because,
Then I’ll be sure that
Even if it’s cold
I’ll be completely out of that dreadful hot air
And then I’ll be happy
With wherever I happen to land.

>Learn from every experience
Not sure where I got it. Probably somewhere on /fit/.
>Act in your own self interest
Ayn Rand (no hate pls) and learning that people are selfish and will fuck you over if it benefits them
>Let go of the past and move forward. Living in your memory is pointless and self destructive
The Great Gatsby. Had a similar hangup on a girl for a long time and eventually realized that I was being retarded.

>are you happy?

>>5268640

idk why I don't filter. . .I guess I'm masochistic but I just have to know

>>5268642

I need a coping method for dealing with her. It's how she's so condescending and tries to act like "the board representative" There used to be this rumour (fact?) that she was a janitor and I bet she deleted some of my girly pictures.