/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.6138947]

>be on the bus
>see pudgy guy with frameless glasses, uneven full beard dressed in a check shirt reading a book
>glance at the cover
>"Das Silmarillion"

Every time.

[Anonymous No.6138950]

>>6138947
Indeed, this is true. I wonder if those people are self-aware.

[Anonymous No.6138952]

>>6138947

they listen to Sonata Arctica too.

[Anonymous No.6139039]

>reading on the bus
>catch a whiff of a terrible smell
>look up to see a bundle of down jackets and prego sauce encrusted scarves covering the top of a fleshy blob stuffed into sweatpants that vaguely resembles a human
>a hairy face wriggles out of the scarves like some horrifying worm
>it simpers
>i'm agape
>the creature starts mouthing words to me
>i can't make them out
>its teeth are yellow as bananas
>it breathes through its mouth
>the stench of semen and piss fills the bus with each exhalation
>i feel like retching
>people near the blob are leaving their seats
>finally make out what it's mouthing at me
>"twenty fifteen"
>"top plen"
>it wheezes with laughter as the brakes hiss
>get off even though its not my stop
>walk home
>read the rest of my book in peace

[Anonymous No.6139314]

>>6139039
I appreciate your effort

[Anonymous No.6139431]

>reading The Silmarillion on the bus with the cover raised up as though it were a casual read
>not pressed into your lap under the notebook where youre jotting down notes while singing Elbereth in a perfect baritone for the pleasure of other bus passengers