“But let’s go back to 25 August 2053. That morning, a ray of sunshine broke through the seasonal smog for the first time. My husband and I sat at the window to enjoy it. The kitchen was buzzing with the sound of the neighbour’s radio: like every day, he was listening to the seven o’clock news, and the noise filtered through the cardboard wall as if it didn’t exist. Then the news broke. After announcing the death of the last Amazon Indian, the announcer continued in a cheerful voice:

“If you have never been able to wrap spaghetti around your fork, rejoice. Long pasta is out of fashion! Nestlu, which controls 61% of the world market, has just announced the launch of a new generation of spaghetti. From now on it will be sold in small blocks of 7 x 4 centimetres.

The advantages of this new formula are numerous: easier storage, easier portioning and, above all, savings in production costs. Thanks to this new formula, Nestlu has announced a 15% price reduction on all its pasta products. So move with the times, eat spaghetti cubes!”

Excerpt from the story “Public confession of the last spaghetti eater”.