Strawberry Jam and Cornbread Hot buttered cornbread Straight out of the oven Strawberry jam spread On top before eaten Practicing and study Gifted student's program Curtain covered doorway Flooring old faded linoleum Worried Red furry dog to guard Her people and the puppies in the yard. One beautiful white cat dies, Replaced by twelve black as a bat follow up and down the road Woman only missing the hat the broom and the green toad. Mailman places Welfare check In beat up old green mail box Each month, but what the heck No where to go, living in the boondocks Taxi cab trips to town Food stamp line to stand With people black and brown Proof of poverty demand Story books, this word pronounce it What's wrong with this picture? In front of Black and white TV sit Watching cartoon literature Holy Roller verbalization Jehovah's Witness at the door Expounding revelations Invited in to sit and tell more Guitar music playing Jesus songs sung in church Purple wisteria twisting Around the front porch Circle of houses Sandy drive way Lined by Pecan trees Plenty of room to play Me maw next door handy Cokes in the refrigerator Country store full of candy an ice-cream truck vendor Drunken man fries fish Placing them lovingly With pride on a dish Serving his imaginary family I see visions of my daughter Blurred by time and a teardrop Eating buttered cornbread with strawberry jam on Top. Jacqueline Alexander -- ╭─────────────────────────╮ │"Temptations come, as a general rule, when they │ │are sought." -- Margaret Oliphant │ ╰────────────◇ http://distract.org/ ◇╯ --

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