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What do the toritilla, menudo, and chorizo symbolize? Suggestions? Poem by Ray Gonzalez.?
I praise the tortilla in honor of El Panzon who hit me in school every day and made me see how the bruises on my arms looked like the brown clouds on my mother's tortillas. I praise the tortilla because I know they can fly into our hands like eager flesh of the one we love, those soft earnings we delight in biting as we tear the tortilla and wipe the plate clean.
I praise the menudo as visionary food that it is, the tripas y posole tight flashes of color we see as the red caldo smears our notebooks like a vision we have not had in years, our lives going down like the empty bowl of menudo exploding in our stomachs with the chili piquin of our poetic dreams.
I praise the chorizo and smear it across my face and hands, the dayglow brown of it painting me with the desire to find out what happened to la familia, why the chorizo sizzled in the pan and covered the house with a smell of childhood we will never have again, the chorizo burrito hot in our hands, as we ran out to play.
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- GrannyjillLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
I wonder if they just signify his inheritance - his roots in the Spanish (Mexican?) culture. So, he is giving thanks really for these influences on his life and his creativity.
He isn't saying what he has inherited has always been easy for him (perhaps that being Sp/Mex has often brought him pain) but ultimately he feels he is a better person for having experienced all that his culture can give him.
This is only my opinion, I don't know Ray Gonzalez or his poems.
- 1 decade ago
Yeah interesting, I grew up in Mexican culture, and I can really connect with some of your symbolism. Especially the part about the house smelling like chorizo and running out to play with a quick hot snack.
- 1 decade ago
The tortilla y menudo y chorizo don't necessarily symbolize anything, BUT he's kind of like saying how the food looks like his life...something like that i dont really know how to explain it...but i mean if you grew up eating those foods you'd understand what it means exactly. I think he's refering to some of his childhood upbringings.
- 4 years ago
Symbolism of his life growing up in Southwest, by using food for description of his memory.
