In my head like a warm dust
from chiles, the neck of a raven
and coyote are to be found
a fabulous restorative, if
you can eat menudo.
Picture yourself with cilantro,
a squeeze of lemon, arriving
in Michigan.


From page 24 of The Raw and the Cooked: Adventures of a Roving Gourmand by Jim Harrison (Grove Press, 2001).