I hate the sound of silence. Just sitting as if the entire world were a void except for your little bubble and just… doing stuff. Even the dull buzz of the displays plastered on the skyscrapers would be preferable to silence. I’d listen to music, but there’s never anything good on these days. Not that it’s all bad, I just lost the taste for it a long time ago.

The overpass is great for keeping busy. There must be thousands of cars that drive below it every day. The constant drone of engine and toxic fumes drifting into the atmosphere. Good thing I’ve never been up high enough for that to matter. Noxious gasses must be a terrible way to go out.

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Well, not like it’s much better down here. The snow still sticks to everything, but at least it’s better than sand. Yuck…

They should just get really big speakers that blast static all day long. Then we would never have to deal with silence again. Also would drown out my own thoughts. Wow, I would love to not have to listen to myself think; It’s a really dangerous pastime with what goes on in there.

Granted, then I wouldn’t be able to hear the soft sounds of car engines and the pleasant conversations of the people who matter.