Ginen The Legends Of Juan Malo
By Craig Santos Perez
Rub the entire block of SPAM*, along with the accompanying gelatinous goo, onto your wood furniture. The oils from the SPAM* moisturize the wood and give it a nice luster. Plus, you’ll have enough left over to use as your own personal lubricant (a true Pacific dinner date). Why didn’t you tell me about the “In Honor of Guam’s Liberation” SPAM*! I’m trying to collect them all! Once I was on a diet and SPAM* faded from my consciousness. Then I met my future wife, who’s Hawaiian, and SPAM* became part of my life again (a true Pacific romance). Maybe the economic downturn will help people appreciate SPAM* instead of loathing it. SPAM* doesn’t have to be unhealthy; I eat SPAM* every day and I’m not dead, yet—just switch to SPAM* Lite. Despite rumors, SPAM* is NOT made of such odds and ends as hooves, ears, brains, native peoples, or whole baby pigs. The name itself stands for Specially Processed Army Meal, Salted Pork And More, Super Pink Artificial Meat, Snake Possum And Mongoose, or Some People Are Missing. My uncle is the reigning Guam SPAM* king. He won the last SPAM* cook off with his Spicy SPAM* meatballs. I will never forget the two-pound SPAM* bust of George Washington he made for Liberation Day, toasted crispy on the outside with raw egg yolk in the hollow center— the kids loved it! Only a fool would start a company in Guam that provides SPAM* protection. For Xmas, I bought a snow globe featuring a can of SPAM* sitting on an island. Turn it over and a typhoon swirls madly, unable to unseat SPAM* from its place of honor. I have a souvenir can I bought after seeing Monty Python’s SPAM*ALOT on Broadway in New York City. It cost me $10 and is the most expensive SPAM*
I’ve ever bought. I will never eat it.