[Gestured to an empty chair.]
[FINISH UP WITH A LITTLE BUTTER. OH, BOY.]
[ITALIAN SAUSAGE! AND HIS WIFE ERIN BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE.]
[(Italian accent) PIZZA. YOU GOTTA HAVE THE PIE. "PIZ-ZA." SOME PIZZA DOUGH. (normal voice) WE'RE MAKING PIZZA DOUGH. OUR DOUGH IS MADE HOMEMADE EVERY DAY. (coughs)]
[CAN I HAVE FRENCH FRY]
[God is always present. We’re the ones who show up.]
[She flashed through the mirrors of my mind. Entered as a lady beyond my time. Ages have passed styles have changed. Wars have been lost 'n won. People have died, since the days when she was young.]
[SO IT DOESN'T STICK, BUT IT ALSO KIND OF CREATES THIS LITTLE BIT OF A FRIED TEXTURE. YEAH. SOUNDS LIKE AN OMINOUS DREAM SEQUENCE ON A SHIP IN ALASKA. HOT. I LOVE TO FEEL THE BURN.]
[THAT'S GOT GREAT SPICE TO IT. WE CUT IT REAL THICK. THIS IS WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS LOVE. PEPPERONI FAT THAT REALLY FLAVORS THE PIE. RIGHT. THE TOPPING TO DOUGH RATIO IS 50-50. YEAH. SO WE'RE GONNA COOK 'EM ON THESE PANS, THOUGH? YEP. STICK 'EM INTO THE OVEN, 550.]
[One day the boops will end.]
[SO THAT'S GONNA BE THE TOPPING ON TOP OF THE ITALIAN HADDOCK. YES. WHERE ARE WE GONNA GO NOW? WE'RE GONNA START THIS OFF WITH A LITTLE GARLIC BUTTER.]
[BEING RAISED EATING RED-EYE GRAVY, AND MOTION OF VIRTUE IS DIFFERENT—DEEPER. I DO THINK I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A CUP OF RED-EYE GRAVY TO CHUG.]
[AND THEN WE PUT THE CRUST LIKE THIS, CRIMP THE EDGES.]
[And so it was literature that brought me back to life.]
[Life’s a daring adventure or nothing at all.]