Food Technology Part 2

I Quetzalcoatl was great, maybe not so good The generous mother was "Maiz Deo" Ancient Mexicans built their chinampas The Lake in Tenochtitlan had tall bunkbeds With squashes and beans, to feed thousands But when Maiz Deo gave them corn, they soared Population, fame, wealth, but also wars (Not as bad as modern wars, but it got bad) Three Sisters got together always, to bless: Corn, Bean, Squash intertwined their bodies To dance and sing and grow the harvests II Our Mexican mothers, Maya and Aztec, Olmec and Tolmec Then gave us the taste of heaven: tortillas The Corn was mashed, and made into flour They find stones - both flat and round - to grind the grains And today I hear the familiar jingles of TACO BELL And the ka-ching, ka-ching of dollars and cents As we take leave of common sense and over-do it all Never thanking the Mother we all share: Nature, who has always given and given. She can't give anymore