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Sustain Ate Manna

A for Ahira not an Apple was found at the tree of life, Sustain ate Manna; B for Band bananas Black beans in stride; C for Corianders and Cocoyam's flown in from the skies, sustain ate Manna; D for Dalkon with Dandelions cries; E for Endive in the wilderness eat, eaten with flies, sustain ate Manna; F for Fat hen-Fiddlehead Fern, all for this I learn many people died; G for Gherkin no more starving infants sustain ate Manna; Sustain ate Manna; H for Horseradish rode in from the North East; Got a stomach-ache, must been somethin' that I didn't eat that I didn't ate. Got no food for my family, must pray and stop being sadly... God rains down something, I sigh, well, well, I said God rains down something... rain down a chocolate cake or pumpkin pie; Sustain ate manna this I got to have, yowl. . . I for Ice plant, I spent on hot soup, sustain ate Manna J for Jerusalem Artichokes rolls of Rice, this would b so nice so very nice K for Kale is coming growing in bunches, sustain ate Manna; L for Lemon grass and lentils and tree bark crunches; M for Marjoram just to be brewed, sustain ate Manna; N for Nettles and nuts just a few; O for Okra and Olives oh, my, my, Oh! sustain ate Manna, sustain ate Manna; P for peppers and palm hearts warms my inter soul; Got a stomachs ache, must been something I didn't eat; God no food for my family, must pray and stop being sadly; God rains down something I sigh, a chocolate cake or pumpkin pie; sustain ate manna this I got to have now. . . Q for Quince and mince and mash and chew, sustain ate Manna; R for Radish the raisins just a few; S for Slokes are jokes no one eats them, sustain ate Manna; T for tomatoes to Matt Toe what's the different; U for Ulluco you be hungry when you eat, sustain ate Manna; V for Vidalia onion sometimes is sweet; W for Watercress, what a mess, sustain ate Manna; X for Xemenia too!, Comes from heavens kitchen; Y for Yamaimo and yams is the plan, sustain ate Manna; Z for Zucchini for every woman, girl, boy and man; Sustain ate Manna

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