Happy #CincoDeMayo! The best taco bowls are made in Trump Tower Grill. I love Hispanics!
-President Donald Trump
In occupied cities Nazis commandeered farms and butcher shops first in the ‘burbs organic grass fed everything in the ‘hood organic grass fed nothing but fast food chains peddling diabetes and heart disease in colonial Massachusetts wardens scrubbed lobster from menus deemed the present-day delicacy cruel and unusual punishment oversized bugs bottom feeders the brief history of our species marred by fetid feasts scorched earth salted fields and once I ordered vegetarian chili from a bar in Cleveland Ohio and the man on the stool next to me rolled his eyes mumbled something about the “pussification of America” so we know food is political the taco bowl an emblem of American efficiency eight-hour workdays rice assembly lines appropriation seasoned beef Frida Diego sour cream Tenochtitlán a spritz of lime Spanish Conquest salsa Pancho iceberg lettuce stereotypes War on Drugs jalapeños La Reforma black olives walls Jose Morelos cheddar cheese crammed into an edible shell and that’s the beauty nothing is left behind you can devour the whole goddamn thing.
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