Hot Tamales

Hot tamales,

All around me

Hot tamales,

All surround me!

So inviting and attractive

The small and hard and at the same time a chEwy candy

The kind that you either bite and devour

1..2..3 like the tootsie roll tootsie pop owl.

Or suck on a while... to get the flavor out..

Because you like the hotnessss and that bit of sweetnessss that comes with it.

Maybe because you decided to take a chance, candy and hot things, are your thing

Then again you might be wondering why this small-red-piece of SUGAR is being compared to one of the greatest meals of your culture and heritage.

Tch

What is it that manes them so damn hot?

Is it everything poured into them throughout Their short and linear lives?

Is there some particular ingredient that sets Everything off like a sizzling pan of something smothered in hot oil?

Is it the great vengeance and furious anger Of the tamales at being born into this world To be enjoyed and spat out at the will of the Children and even bigger children.

Maybe it's the anticipation, simply believing that whatever comes will be blazin hip hop and r&b.

I see them all the time, and yet

If none cared for them they would otherwise go unnoticed, dismissed as just another

other trivial matter.

Isn't life already hot enough? I'll say

With all the things and all the stuff?

It's people like me that make life for the hot ones rough