The Spice Of

To live the zest of East Los Angeles

was always like heaven to Pedro

though his days and been few

how that smoggy blue sky

felt so good to his corn skin.

 

He love sharing salsa fantasies

with the chilies and refried beans,

it was so blissful in that taco stand

made so perfect now they had added

the world of cyberspace,

where their location had  web site,

www.tacomaniamagic.com.

 

But he did feel sad

so many of his family

had left by that front widow

heard rumors they ended up

in some tragic fate.

 

The coke machine

claims to have seen it all,

still his cousins

who had that flour flesh

all told him not to worry

they were fanatics

about a saucy after all.

 

Then came that moment

as they took him from his shelf

dipped him into that greasy vat

before stuffing his insides

with that meat and cheese,

hot sauce stung a little,

not as much as when he was handed

unto that person,

so filled with fear seeing that mouth open

just holding onto that trust in reincarnation

to come back next time as a burrito.