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thirteen ways of looking at a tortilla

36 thirteen ways of looking at a tortilla i. among twenty different tortillas the only thing moving was the mouth of the niño ii. i was of three cultures like a tortilla for which there are three bolios iii. the tortilla grew on the wooden table it was a small part of the earth iv. a house and a tortilla are one a man a woman and a tortilla are one v. i do not know which to prefer the beauty of the red wall or the beauty of the green wall the tortilla fresh or just after vi. tortillas filled the small kitchen with ancient shadows the shadow of Maclovia cooking long ago the tortilla rolled from the shadow the innate roundness 37 vii. o thin viejos of chimayo why do you imagine biscuits do you not see how the tortilla lives with the hands of the women about you viii. i know soft corn and beautiful inescapable sopapillas but i know too that the tortilla has taught me what i know ix. when the tortilla is gone it marks the end of one of many tortillas x. at the sight of tortillas browning on a black comal even the pachucos of espanola would cry out sharply xi. he rode over new mexico in a pearl low rider once he got a flat in that he mistook the shadow of his spare for a tortilla xii. the abuelitas are moving the tortilla must be baking 38 xiii. it was cinco de mayo all year it was warm and it was going to get warmer the tortilla sat on the frijolito plate ...