Existential Enzo: Enzo don't care, Enzo's Just There!
EXISTENTIAL ENZO
They call him Existential Enzo
or Enzo the Elephant
He’s the pachyderm you’ll find
in every imaginable element
You’ll find him in the deepest depths
of ocean seas and outer space
From mountain high to valley low
he’s never out of place
You’ll find him in the depths of atoms
and walking through the stars
And when the atoms recombine
he’s watching from afar
He always Was in distant past
and will Be in the future
And when the universe runs down
his presence will endure
When all nations cease to exist
and terrestrial life is all laid bare
When the stars have ceased to shine
and the Cosmos isn’t There
Enzo will just watch and stare
and feel not a hint of deep despair;
‘Cause Enzo don’t care-
Enzo’s just There!
He’s seen the gradual evolution
of species from primeval solution
And watched their sudden dissolution
succumbing to modern pollution
He’s watched the birth of noble babies
and seen the launch of royal navies
He’s seen the hatching of great dreams
and watched the fall of great regimes
The history of humanity with all its joys and woes
has past by twinkling in his eye and slid between his toes
He knew the moment when ape became man
and knows when we’ll all go back to sand
He’s watched all our greatest advancements
and has seen all our deepest torments
He knows all about our kindest deeds
and has seen us in our deepest greed
Before his eyes we’ve built great civilizations
yet have oppressed and destroyed entire nations
He was there when mankind first tamed the atom
and will watch the demise of the great race of Adam
Yet, when it all happens, Enzo will stare
and won’t bother to offer so much as a prayer;
‘Cause Enzo don’t care-
Enzo’s just There!
He knows everything about you
and sees everything you do
He knows where you might have been today
and what tomorrow you will say
He sees within your body deep
and all the dreams within your sleep
He knows the fate of your every cell
whether you’ll be sick or you’ll be well
He knows your ancestry to generation One
and sees just how far your lineage will run
He knows what you fear, and would cause you to run
and he knows what you do when you want to have fun
He knows who you like
or who you’d much rather strike
He sees you when you help one in need
or act out a crime out of pure selfish greed
You can’t make a move that escapes Enzo’s eye
or tell any lie that would pass Enzo by
But it matters to no one whatever you do
Enzo will never pass a judgment on you
Sure, Enzo sees everyone, everywhere
but there’s really no need for you to beware;
‘Cause Enzo don’t care-
Enzo’s just There!
I could go on and on at length to try to explain what this Existential Enzo character may mean, but instead of doing that, I’ll leave you with a few links (they open in separate windows) if you’d like to look further into some of the topics which underlie Existential Enzo:
Existential Enzo: Enzo don't care, Enzo's Just There!