Breakfast Tacos
by Vito del Valle
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Breakfast tacos are the reincarnation of Chicanos,
Chosen to be reborn to feed the bellies of other Chicanos.
A never ending recycle of cannibal sacrifice.
All for $1.99.
Chorizo and egg, bacon and egg, ham and egg, potato and egg,
Add an extra slice of bacon, refried beans, or cheese,
for and extra 50¢.
Like the blood rituals of the pyramids, they are the nourishment,
that keep the people alive.
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"Choose me!" a chorizo an egg taco screams.
"Let me give my life!" a potato and egg taco
with bacon and cheese demands.
They are all ready to give their short lived existence,
for the benefit of the people.
Let them fulfill their destiny,
To live and die as a breakfast taco...
Note: On prompt, I guess. This is for La Raza. Poem #117 for the year.
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