by Glenn Miles<\/p>\n\n\n\n
North Augusta, SC<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Patriotic bunting I order Chile Colorado It\u2019s out in three I use the pickled onions, use white plastic spoons Goal!<\/em> Glenn Miles is an eighteen-year-old studying English and Theatre at the University of South Carolina Aiken. In his free time, he enjoys reading, writing, and acting. He hails from North Augusta, SC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Glenn Miles North Augusta, SC Patriotic buntingand tricolored tinsel decorhang from the ceilingand the black vents above; Green, then red,then shimmering whiteplastic against white ceiling.White against red clay-coloredplaster walls, Mother Maryin a framestrung with festiveLEDs, Other paintings too,of feather-capped warriorsand narrow villagestreets. I order Chile Coloradoin English,too uncertain to try outquiero or maybepido; afraid of soundinglike Peggy Hill. It\u2019s out in threeminutes: pork in sauce,rice and beans,and the namesake peppersshoveled into tortillasand then my mouth. I use the pickled onions,take pity and eata cucumber slice.I squeeze the lime, use white plastic spoonsto dip the greenand red sauces.The green burns my mouth,unclogs my nose. As taco risesto meet bared teeth,the commentator on the TVin the corner yellslike a tornado sirenand only stops|to start again. Goal!I assume he says. Glenn Miles is an eighteen-year-old studying English and Theatre at the University of South Carolina Aiken. In his free time, he enjoys reading, writing, and acting. He hails from North Augusta, SC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-issue-18-2025"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepetigrureview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepetigrureview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepetigrureview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepetigrureview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepetigrureview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thepetigrureview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3273\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepetigrureview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepetigrureview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepetigrureview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
and tricolored tinsel decor
hang from the ceiling
and the black vents above;
Green, then red,
then shimmering white
plastic against white ceiling.
White against red clay-colored
plaster walls,
Mother Mary
in a frame
strung with festive
LEDs,
Other paintings too,
of feather-capped warriors
and narrow village
streets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
in English,
too uncertain to try out
quiero<\/em> or maybe
pido<\/em>; afraid of sounding
like Peggy Hill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
minutes: pork in sauce,
rice and beans,
and the namesake peppers
shoveled into tortillas
and then my mouth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
take pity and eat
a cucumber slice.
I squeeze the lime,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
to dip the green
and red sauces.
The green burns my mouth,
unclogs my nose.
As taco rises
to meet bared teeth,
the commentator on the TV
in the corner yells
like a tornado siren
and only stops|
to start again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I assume he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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