A Less Stupid Question: Exploring Why We Are Always So Busy

"Why do you do all this to us?"

(Scene: A Bustling Lobby of a commercial building. YOU sit on a bench, watching the crowd rush by. Next to you sits "BUSY.")

You: Why are we so busy all the time?

Busy: What a stupid question. I made you this way.

You: You made us busy? Why?

Busy: It’s easy.

You: That’s cruel.

Busy: It is.

You: What happens if we stop?

Busy: No, you don’t.

You: Tell me, honestly, why do you do all this to us?

Busy: Because I can, honestly.

You: Who are you, really?

Busy: Now that’s a less stupid question.

(Posted on Threads on 11.10.2024)