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Mama and Granny
Herded children through the kitchen
Out the screen door, to the yard
Where we wouldn’t be underfoot

Cousins all brown from summer
Sun baking soft skin and erasing
The loneliness of winter from 
Hillbilly faces – cotton topped
Tresses white since birth, curled

Mama and Granny
Yelling loudly from the kitchen
“it’s time to eat – come get it”
Little bellies churned eagerly

Fried chicken –  a leg I chose
Mashed taters and gravy
Biscuits from soft, white dough
Baked in a wood cookstove

Mama and Granny
Piled plates full of food
For hungry eyes who dove in
Before grace could be voiced

After pie and cake and everything
We could partake of – Sunday dinner
Washed down with sweet tea
And a bottle of love, homegrown
Happy and hopeful - we had no fears

Mama and Granny
Murmured quietly, taking turns
Rubbing plates and pots and pans
With the Joy that was Granny’s detergent

After dinner, we played – screaming
With pleasure that comes from
Sharing hearts and lives
With the ones you call family
The gifts from God’s loving nature

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