SADNESS OF THE INTELLECT: Sadness of being misunderstood [sic]; Humor sadness; Sadness of love wit[hou]t release; Sadne[ss of be]ing smart; Sadness of not knowing enough words to [express what you mean]; Sadness of having options; Sadness of wanting sadness; Sadness of confusion; Sadness of domes[tic]ated birds, Sadness of fini[shi]ng a book; Sadness of remembering; Sadness of forgetting; Anxiety sadness...

The passage reads like a catalog or taxonomy: a speaker tries to name many subtly different kinds of sadness that arise not from a single event but from consciousness itself. Several items point to the frustrations of intellect and language—being misunderstood, lacking words, being “smart” yet still confused—suggesting that reflection can intensify sorrow rather than resolve it. Other entries (“sadness of having options,” “wanting sadness,” “finishing a book”) capture modern, self-aware melancholy: the ache of choice, the desire to feel deeply, and the grief of endings. The accumulating list mimics the mind’s looping inventory of feelings, where sadness becomes both subject and method of thought.