{"id":397467,"date":"2023-08-10T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=397467"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"Para-Fiesta-Watermelon-and-Snow-Cones-A-Potential-Angel-s-Quandary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/Para-Fiesta-Watermelon-and-Snow-Cones-A-Potential-Angel-s-Quandary\/","title":{"rendered":"Para Fiesta: Watermelon and Snow Cones\u2014A Potential Angel\u2019s Quandary"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cWhen one has tasted watermelon, he knows what angels eat.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2014Mark Twain<\/p>\n

With the remote possibility that I might go to heaven I began to wonder what kind of food and drink they might serve there, even though hell is a more probable location for me. If the main drink served in hell is hot pepper, pickle juice and vinegar served boiling hot every eternally hot day from morning to midnight, I wondered if angels eat watermelon and shave ice all day in heaven?<\/p>\n

What Angels Eat is Red, Juicy, and Sweet<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n

Well there is soft delicious Angel Food sponge cake<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve often wondered if any heavenly creatures eat it<\/p>\n

this confectionary delicacy is somewhat tricky to bake<\/p>\n

I also wonder whether heaven\u2019s angels actually need it<\/p>\n

There is chocolate Devil\u2019s Food cake a delightful treat<\/p>\n

a deep dark cocoa dessert pastry with a delicious smell<\/p>\n

with chocolate frosting chocolate ice cream a must repeat<\/p>\n

tempting fallen angels into a semi-sweet dark caloric hell<\/p>\n

Finally, a heavenly fruit perfect for every earthly dwelling<\/p>\n

and all the devilish boys and angelic girls spit out its seeds<\/p>\n

watermelon fields, farmer\u2019s markets, grocery stores selling<\/p>\n

a medium size watermelon will fill a small family\u2019s needs<\/p>\n

Watermelon is \u201csandia\u201d in Spanish, \u201cchandia\u201d in Chamorro<\/p>\n

angels and devils want it yesterday, today, and tomorrow.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/h4>\n

Koans : A Cool Hand Hones\u2014Snowcones!<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n

I would build that cone in air<\/p>\n

that slushy cone those mounds of ice<\/p>\n

and all who slurped would taste it there<\/p>\n

and all would shout, Snowcone! Shave ice!<\/p>\n

its melting juicy colors rare<\/p>\n

piled in shaved mounds so nice<\/p>\n

so close your eyes and taste with joy<\/p>\n

summer delights for girl and boy<\/p>\n

dessert in Polar Paradise.<\/p>\n

(some koan poems first published Sept. 1, 2017)<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/h4>\n

The Hot Pepper Sauce is the Boss<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n

(after W.C. Williams poem, The Red Wheelbarrow)<\/em><\/p>\n

So many depend upon a hot pepper sauce<\/p>\n

splashed without restraint on some fried chicken.<\/p>\n

Finaden\u00e9 giya fiesta<\/em> (pepper sauce for the fiesta)<\/p>\n

gayera agupa pupuenge<\/em> (cockfight tomorrow night)<\/p>\n

guaha bula finaden\u00e9 falak<\/em> (lots of hot pepper sauce to go)<\/p>\n

para talonan yan tinola<\/em> (for the dead cock and chicken soup)<\/p>\n

Biba San Jos\u00e9 yan Biba San Roqu\u00e9<\/em> (long live those saints)<\/p>\n

yan Biba Pep\u00e9 Batbon lokkue<\/em> (Joe the bearded rooster also).<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Joey aka “Pepe Batbon” Connolly is a retired educator who taught in the CNMI, NOLA, and LVNV. He is the Poet Laureate of Tinian and enjoys stargazing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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