[CH] Texan Chile Poetry
Bill Woodward (bill_cchkk@yahoo.com)
Fri, 11 Jun 1999 07:05:23 -0700 (PDT)
Hello All,
Here's a little poem that my first grade son brought home as one of his
reading assignments. Please ignore the obvious assumption that only
Texans eat hot food, although I will admit that my tolerance and
enjoyment of hot stuff has gone way up in the nine years since I moved
to Austin.
Anyone else have any chile poetry to share? How about a Haiku contest
:-)
- Bill
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CHILI (sic) PEPPER
for Lasting Lessons by Susan Munguia
They have good food in Texas, I can tell you this is true.
I've had my share of chicken-fried steak and down home barbecue.
So when a cowboy looked at me with a twinkle in his eye,
and said "I've got a lil' somethin' here I think that you should try."
I was ready to be a Texan, to be part of the Lone Star State.
Then he took a chili pepper [1] and tossed it on my plate.
I didn't know they taste like fire, so I popped it in my mouth.
One arm went east and the other west, my legs went north and south.
It was hotter than a branding iron, hotter than the Texas sun [2].
I leaped from my chair, did flips in the air.
It was not what you'd call fun.
The wranglers [3] started laughing as the sweat rolled down my cheeks.
My mouth and tongue and lips burned for the next 500 weeks [4]!
So if you try a chili pepper, please take my advice --
Have a water pitcher handy that is filled with lots of ice!!
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[1] Insert your favorite chile pepper here :-)
[2] Baloney, nothings hotter than the Texas sun.
[3] or the Chile Heads
[4] Insert obligatory ring of fire reference here
Bon Appetit!
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