We went outside
As darkness crept once again
On the same familiar streets
But it wasn’t any night
For it was that one time
When mother Earth completed
Another full rotation
In the form of space flotation
Around the same old
Light giving ball of fire
Me and my poet buddy
Entered the realm of fantasy
As all we could see
Were all sorts of fairies,
Dandies
Beauty queens
Slick machos
Wizards and witches
With or without stitches
Spawned from various corners
Some from across different borders
We enter a pizza joint
We grab the menu and inspect
Analyze and characterize
Every single type of pizza
We could see
We spend a good while
Thinking what to get
What to enjoy
What would be the best damn option
What combination of ingredients
Would satisfy our taste buds
In the best way possible
Should it be this cheese
Or that cheese?
What kind of pesto
And which mushrooms?
Decisions, decisions
But then it hit us
The answer was always there
Looking straight at us
The answer was lying in the question
Which made the question itself obsolete
We both looked at each other
And agreed on pizza pepperoni
It was looking at us
And we were looking right at it
From the very first second
We knew from the very beginning
Long before stepping into that place
That pizza pepperoni would be the answer
To solve that existential dilemma
We were lying to ourselves
Looking at other pizza types
Trying to reach new hypes
While deep down
All we ever wanted
Was pizza pepperoni
So simple, so eclectic
A symbolic and eternal pizza item
That would never go away
A thick soft dough
Covered in tomato sauce
And Mozzarella cheese
Where several pepperoni slices
Live all together
In perfect harmony
That’s all it really takes
To make the 2 of us
Be grateful for a day well spent
For Earth completing once again
Another successful rotation
Around the Sol Invictus
As called by the Romans
Rotation which for some reason
Made so many people
Act like all sorts of characters
And bring to life the fairy land
Surrounding us
But not even all those fairies
Sharing that space with us
Had the power to distract us
From the sacred yet simple
Pizza pepperoni
We thought we wanted more
We thought about ordering
Something special
Something we didn’t try before
Something to summon a new lore
And give new sensations to our core
But it turned out it had to be
Only pizza pepperoni
Only that and nothing more
Deep down we’re all the same
Saying inside the same old name
And what do we say?
Pizza pepperoni
For that is what we are
Deep inside we’re all the same
And what are we?
Pizza pepperoni
A simple mix of basic ingredients
That get us going
And that are enough
For a tasty life
Where the presence of fairies
Isn’t always a must
Just an occasional lust
A new year is right
Around the corner
And every bite
Of the pizza pepperoni
Brings us closer
To a new resolution
For we had just realized
That we are what we eat
And what are we?
That’s right
Pizza pepperoni