Hope is a fat guy standing in front of a salad bar. He dreams of the day his waist is back to normal. The tomatoes and carrots are his instrumens of obtaining his desire--the ladders he must climb--the hill he must run up. But he's determined. The bacon bits and creamy ranch are his pitfalls. The Big and Tall store will be a distant memory if he can just eat that first bite.
Longing is a lightbulb. Full of bright burning energy, but trapped within a delicate casing. If the glass is broken and it can escape, everything goes dark. No matter how badly it wants to explore the world outside the fragile glass, it would be doomed to failure.
Jealousy is cauliflower. It's just as good as broccoli, but no one wants to eat it. It sits there on the salad bar and thinks, "i taste just as good, i'm prettier, and i won't get caught in your teeth--why the hell won't you pick me?!" It just sits there glaring at the broccoli--everyone's favorite--and dreams of the day it can grow legs or be able to go kick broccoli's ass. It dreams of being the lone vegetable on the fat guy's salad, yet no matter how hard it tries, it just can't be seen as good as broccoli. It sits there...green eh white with envy.
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I can see the fat guy and the flourescent lit salad bar in front of him. I love that you pair the uncomfortable vulnerability of that image with hope, something we usually think of as entirely positive. It makes me see both parts of the equation differently. As usual, you integrate the humorous and the serious beautifully thoughout!
ReplyDeleteI was in class when I was reading this and wanted to laugh out loud, but of course I couldn't. My favorite part was hope is a fat guy. I thought all of this was very creative and effective and I enjoyed it very much.
ReplyDeleteRyan I love you! lol This was fabulous :D it made me laugh and was so totally true!! I love your creativity :P
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed the section about the cauliflower! I liked how you switched it around and said it was "white with envy." I thought that was really funny!!
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