I sit at a bus stop waiting to go home. This kid walks in
front of me with a flyer about College. “Higher Education? It’s all about the
cars, money, and the girls; I’m only trying to cement my place in the world.”
For some reason he looks at me as if waiting for a response and I give him one.
“Let me school you real quick.
If you only opened your eyes from the daydream you might see reality, not
everybody has the Models, bottles, and Lamborghinis. Cement your place? You sound
like an outdated song on repeat; I’ve seen the rise and fall of guys like you
since before you could speak.” He walks away and I get on my bus put my headphones in and relax.
This girl gets on a couple stops after me and sits next to
me nails done, hair done, make up on right.
“The only thing that
matters is me getting what I deserve on a silver platter.” Again in the back of
my mind I’m trying to figure out why is she saying this to me? My headphones are
in my ear!
“You want everything
on a silver platter? Well here you go, tonight’s main course is the truth with
a side of advice; careful what you wish for because you may not be able to
handle it, the good life you envisioned turns out to be real scandalous. I’m
trying to save you from past mistakes being repeated, but knowing your type if
this was a text message it would be deleted. ” She turns up her nose saunters
away, apparently that was her stop.
I’m halfway home and almost done with my story, I wonder who
performs in this next act of the story?
Just my luck here’s another guy who knows what he wants and
he’s not shy. Yet again he talks to me.
I need bigger headphones!
He says “Imitation is the greatest form of flattery, so if I
imitate the best of them, eventually I’ll become a prodigy." I can’t help but
laugh as I explain.“Imitation is fine in
its proper dosage; however it has side effects that you didn’t consider, as
your imitation of the best grows stronger, the perception of self continues to grow thinner. Honestly no one wants a
copy; last time I checked plagiarism gets you kicked out of most high quality
places." He gets mad and storms off at the next stop. Some people can't handle the truth!
