Philosophy and Coffee.

The French waiter gesticulates Frenchly:

"We do not say: To Be or Not To Be -

That is The Question... We say:

To Be or Not - To Be, That Is The Question."

A subtle reinterpretation of The Bard á la Sartré

Which raises many questions á la carte

Not having the salmon is not the question

Having the salmon IS the question

The negative state is a fact: we are all dead

But by choosing the opposite of nothingness

We express our radical individual freedom

And therefore give life it's meaning

Lunch as existentialism, lunatics as messiahs

If only the waiters weren't so egocentric

We might get fed instead of surviving

On philosophy and coffee

© shaun patrick green 2013