Pizza, the Great!!

Pizza,the Great !!

My dear pizza, you are unlike the leaning

Tower of Pisa, which is vertical in shape,

And of course, not eatable; though you

Both belong to Italy, the land of Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and the Lamborghinis;

How come, you are round in shape? and Eatable too!

Kudos to you for your perseverance Abounding! often, you are a butt of ridicule

For being rotund and stuffy; but never minding

The verbal shafts, you keep continuing to

Serve the people, hungry and passionate,

At the same time; they simply pounce on

You in a bit to devour your entire being lustily;

They don’t eat you directly in one go, but

Cut you first into four equal pieces; then

They gulp you down, piece by piece or

Bit by bit, till the plate is cleared

Of the last crumbs;

You are a martyr at the altar of the electric

Stoves set aflame by a simple click of lighter;

Your journey starts from the kitchen to the

Dining tables of varied dimensions; finally,

You find your final destination and are Hurriedly deposited inside the fathomless

Tank called human belly; There you rest in Peace temporarily, of course!

Can you count, my dear pizza, the number of

Drops dripping from the salivating mouths

Of the people belonging to every age? no,

Not the least! your enticing smell make

Them utterly mad with delight; but do you

Know, for sure, that how many salty drops fall

From the eyes of your well-wishers, when

You depart for the final journey?

Sorry, you don’t! but you make people happy,

And your contribution in this regard is higher

Than the leaning Tower of Pisa, and costlier

In humanitarian terms, than any of the artworks of the great masters!

Pizza dear, you are round in this spherical

World of ours, where everybody is Rough-edged, ready to give pain to others;

You are really great, pizza! everyone loves

You unconditionally.