Quote of the Day

“I often thought of killing myself but then I wanted lunch.” — Paula Fox, The Art of Fiction No. 181, The Paris Review

Cafeteria Food

Lunch.

I am looking at a tuna burrito. There’s a chicken salad sitting in a taco bowl. Interesting options.

I look over at the hot dishes, looking for an excuse to go cold.

I walk over to get a better look at the day’s dishes. There’s an overpriced tajine and a few other unappetizing choices. The butcher’s cut, a steak, makes me hesitate.

I go back to the salads. I am about to go for the tuna and picture myself chomping down on the burrito while my colleague has a knife and fork meal.

I put the chicken salad on my platter.