Comida, By VICTOR VALLE

Uno se come

La luna en la tortilla

Comes frijol

Y comes tierra

Comes chile

Y comes sol y fuego

Bebes agua

Y bebes cielo

Food

One eats

The moon in a tortilla

Eat frijoles

And you eat earth

Eat chile

And you eat sun and fire

Drink water

And you drink sky

From “Calendar of Souls, Wheel of Fire” (Pacific Writers Press: $11.95; 92 pp.) A native of Los Angeles, Valle worked as a Times staff writer for eight years . 1991 by Victor Valle. Reprinted by permission of Pacific Writers Press.