NEO-DRAMAS: Exiting the Theatre of Absurdity

				I

	At the drop of a dime
	existence evaporates
	& ignorance triumphs yet again.

	Since most of us will perish in a twinkling
	why not write a few sonnets
	for what could have been?

	We should remain faithful to Shakespeare
	in the face of absurdity
	& make sure our acts
	are better than our poetry.


	Jack glanced down at the scrawled poem on his napkin, then looked up at his friends
across the cluttered café table. The hum of the espresso machine and the low chatter of
afternoon patrons filled the warm, bean-scented air.

	“Don’t you think too many poets are overly obsessed with Foucault or Sartre?” Jack asked,
tossing his pen onto the table with a dull clatter.

	Shu snickered, leaning back in his chair as a sly grin spread across his face. “I see
that you’re playing a ‘complaining game,’” he said, adjusting his glasses. “I know how that
game works, Jack, and it’s ultimately empty. Whenever people get locked into any rigid
game-set, they lose all freshness, vitality, and life. Tell me, how do you think playing this
game is actually helping you or anyone else?”

	Jack’s jaw tightened. “Shucks!” he snapped, his voice sharp enough to draw a brief glance
from the barista. “Who said I need help? Besides, what kind of game are you playing? The guru
game? Spare me!”

	Ella released a long, quiet sigh, carefully setting down her ceramic mug as the steam
drifted lazily between them.

	“Sometimes,” she murmured, staring thoughtfully into the dark liquid, “it seems like
we’re all stuck playing five-dimensional games without even realizing it in our limited
three-dimensional spaces.”

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from Lit-A-Rupture: A Post Literary Construction by T Newfields
SUMMARY: Some thoughts about nihilism & affirmation
KEYWORDS: literary angst, absurdist, absurdism & meaning, nihilism & affirmation

by T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955)
Begun: 1995 in Shizuoka, Japan ⨳ Finished: 2026 in Shizuoka, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

> Note: This piece was partially generated with AI tools for styling and ideation; human editing was then applied.


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