Scuttling and Scurrying

[fiat_knox]

To the Mundanes I see all around me.

I see you all.

I watch you as you scuttle to work, and scuttle back and forth to lunch and back to work, and scurry back home or down to the pub.

I observe you as you scurry directly home from work, straight to work from home; and I watch the worst of you as you get out of the house in the morning to stumble onto the bus and, once you arrive in town, lurch straight into the JD Wetherspoons to begin the day's hard drinking regimen that has become the sole focus of your lives.

I see you chasing the pounds, chasing your own tails, chasing after oblivion.

I see it all, and I can hear the voices inside your heads.

I hear them all, screaming.

I am not surprised. If I lived a life as pitiful as this, I'd be screaming, too.

Comments

[cdave]

Just the stuff which can be used to identify people.

:scuttle to work
:scuttle back and forth to lunch and back to work
:scurry back home or down to the pub.

:scurry directly home from work, straight to work from home
:get out of the house in the morning to stumble onto the bus and, once you arrive in town, lurch straight into the JD Wetherspoons to begin the day's hard drinking regimen

:chasing the pounds
:chasing your own tails
:chasing after oblivion

:their eyes. You can see it in their eyes. There's no mistaking it.

:rarely never seen anyone else sit up and listen, captivated by a lone blackbird

:nobody on the street below seemed even the slightest bit interested in the spectacle overhead.

:think about ... getting that bill paid
:getting to the bookie's in time to place that next bet
:getting to the pub to get a good seat in the outdoor smoking section

As far as I can see that's your criteria. I definitly meet 11, don't meet 2, and am not clear if I meet 2 as they are not something you can really be self aware about.