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Existentialist Pizza
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I was eating pizza the other day
but it wasn't pizza, it was a kind of 'not' pizza
the kind you microwave
and then stare at the greasy cardboard for five minutes
before taking a bite
it isn't real, but it IS pizza
in a kind of existential way
it's like an iPizza
it's semi-transparent, comes in five trendy colors
and is in no way compatible
with your current pizza cutting tools
it's got me thinking of real food
of pasta, and ethnic delicacies I've never experienced
things to transport me
anywhere but here
anything but
not this freeze-dried memory on a tray.
I wish I had the drive to cook
or the car to drive to go and get anything
or any idea how
to make the dough and cut the meat
and spread the sauce and bake the crust
but I don't
and I'm not very good at faking it
I'm just the worlds used pizza box
living without purpose like this
wishing I had the drive to plan ahead
and a car to get me there
any idea on how to afford it
or be decisive
but I'm just destined to be the half-forgotten leftovers in the fridge,
and the greasy cardboard husk of me to be moved from shelf to shelf
to trash and, not recycled
to burn
in a kind of existential way
I was eating pizza the other day
it was kind of not 'not' pizza
it wasn't real, and yet it was
and it made me hungry
hungry to live
better than I am
.
.
.
I was eating pizza the other day
but it wasn't pizza, it was a kind of 'not' pizza
the kind you microwave
and then stare at the greasy cardboard for five minutes
before taking a bite
it isn't real, but it IS pizza
in a kind of existential way
it's like an iPizza
it's semi-transparent, comes in five trendy colors
and is in no way compatible
with your current pizza cutting tools
it's got me thinking of real food
of pasta, and ethnic delicacies I've never experienced
things to transport me
anywhere but here
anything but
not this freeze-dried memory on a tray.
I wish I had the drive to cook
or the car to drive to go and get anything
or any idea how
to make the dough and cut the meat
and spread the sauce and bake the crust
but I don't
and I'm not very good at faking it
I'm just the worlds used pizza box
living without purpose like this
wishing I had the drive to plan ahead
and a car to get me there
any idea on how to afford it
or be decisive
but I'm just destined to be the half-forgotten leftovers in the fridge,
and the greasy cardboard husk of me to be moved from shelf to shelf
to trash and, not recycled
to burn
in a kind of existential way
I was eating pizza the other day
it was kind of not 'not' pizza
it wasn't real, and yet it was
and it made me hungry
hungry to live
better than I am
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the quote that inspired this piece, by Jean-Paul Sarte (a philosopher of the existential school of thought, which believes that we alone determine what happens to us, and as such, everything is up in the air and undecided)
"Life has no meaning, it is up to you to give it a meaning... and value is nothing but the meaning that you choose"
the quote that inspired this piece, by Jean-Paul Sarte (a philosopher of the existential school of thought, which believes that we alone determine what happens to us, and as such, everything is up in the air and undecided)
"Life has no meaning, it is up to you to give it a meaning... and value is nothing but the meaning that you choose"
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ha. I love the idea behind this! Certainly unique! Awesome concept!! I liked your writing, for the most part, throughout the piece... could use a bit of editing and tweeking here and there, but not a big deal. *laughs* That was cool.