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"Song to Okra" by Roy Blount Jr.


String beans are good, and ripe tomatoes,
And collard greens and sweet potatoes,
Sweet corn, field peas, and squash and beets --
But when a man rears back and eats
He wants okra.
Good ole okra
Oh wow okra, yessiree,
Okra is okay with me ...
It may be poor for eating chips with,
It may be hard to come to grips with,
But okra's such a wholesome food
It straightens out your attitude ....