(ODE TO B) B, you are above average.
B, you have no pretension.
B, you are clean.
B, you are real.
B, you have never kept anyone out of a college where the education is worth the price.
B, you are honest.
B, you are not a grade-grubber.
B, you are more creative.
B, you are more athletic.
B, you care less for the standardized test.
B, you are not anal.
B, you smile more.
B, your parents are not rich.
B, you do not bullshit.
B, you put less stress on the heart.
B, you are more balanced.
B, you do not think this American and Asian hamster-in-the-wheel race is really worth it.
B, you take the right amount of vacation time each year.
B, you are more humble, and therefore more spiritual.
B, you are not a robot.
B, you will do it later, when it should be done, because right now you’re riding your bike.
B, you don’t beat the A’s on paper, but you always win in the interview.
B, you put people before deadlines and rules.
B, you’re not down with pointless busywork.
B, you’d rather piss on red tape.
B, you are not a conformist.
B, you have a soul and you like to keep it.
B, you don’t play games.
B, you read the fucking book you want to read.
B, like Socrates, you know how much you do not know.
B, you are unlike the Sophists, who knew everything and affected nothing.
B, it has been you who has continually altered history and society.
B, you have been my friend for years.
B, you are so ineffably underappreciated.
B, you have been made to feel so small when you are so fucking HUGE - David Wright
