from Walden
Henry David Thoreau
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practice resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms.
Thoreauvian Wawa
Gina DeCagna
I walked to the Wawa because
I wished to indulge fortuitously,
to guzzle only the least nutritious of eats,
and discover if I could only chug what
it had in stock, and not, when
I thirsted to imbibe, discover that
I had nothing bagged. I did not wait
to guzzle down what was not wrapped, savoring
is so unnecessary; nor did I remember to use
utensils unless it was quite
viscous. I wanted to eat quick and
suck up all the juice of meat, to digest
so readily and cow-like as to put
to excrete all that was digestible, to cut a fine
cheese and walk out, to drive the body into
a corner, and slumber it to its fattest proportions.
