Corn

The Inuit have more than one word for snow

Nicas have more than one word for corn; there’s elote, or the baby of the family, Chinese corn

There’s chelate, just as sweet as it’s States counterpart

There’s maiz, the crop itself derived from the original latin species name

And the products vary too;

There’s tortilla, every morning, noon, and night, pat pat pat flat

There’s guerila, sweeter corn crepe style

There’ atoll, cream of corn (with sugar of course)

And tamales, both dulce and nacatamales, the heart and soul of Nicaraguan cuisine

Is an ear with two leaves stalk standing tall, until doubled over in the field to dry

It feeds everyone and everything, little kernels of gold