‘Hello world’ I try to scream but I can’t because I’m out of breath. Fuck. I am so full of life right now; I feel so alive. The car lights look so pretty at night. They’re like neon ants, which is a weird way to describe cars but who’s judging? Is this what being drunk feels like? Fuck me. Why did I wait 35 years to get a drink then? Better late than never though. I guess you’re never too old for a first then. I got so carried away that I forgot why I’m here in the first place. I didn’t come all the way up here to say ‘Hello’. I’m here to say ‘Goodbye’. You can’t talk me out of it. I have spent 35 years on this planet and I can’t condemn myself to spending another. You might ask what has brought me here? Life has. You have. I have. You might ask me why is a 35-year-old screaming Hello World? No, it’s not just the drink. It’s not just another drunk man screaming stupid things. I felt like I needed to say that because I feel like you needed to hear that. God this sounds so sad and dark, which is not what I intended. Is this how I want the world to see me? Is this how I want you to remember me? Of course not. You don’t even know my name. All you know about me is how old I am and the fact that this is my last night alive. You don’t know my favorite color or my favorite song. God, I can’t leave without telling you that. This is childish stuff. Why does it even matter? Do you even exist? Don’t answer that, I’m too drunk to know the difference and far be it from me to turn down a conversation. Oh God why did I scream Hello World when I first came up here? The realization of this is enough to make me want to jump. I hope no one heard that. Did you hear that? Screw that. What do you think of me? We’ll get to that part later. Did you know that I’m a high school teacher? Yeah. I teach Biology and Chemistry. I’ve been doing it for 9 years now. I love my job. I love teaching. I’ve never been much of a book reader, nor an artist of any kind. I love reading people though. I see life imitate art and I see it every day and I love it. I say ‘I’ too much don’t I? Screw that. Screw you. This is all because of you. You should’ve listened to me earlier. But I hold no grudges, so all’s good.