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ZINNIAS by EDITH EARNSHAW

First Line: GOODNESS ME, WHAT PRETTY FLOWERS!
Last Line: HONEY, I JES' ANYHOWS 'EM!
Subject(s): ZINNIAS;

Goodness me, what pretty flowers!
Aunty, why should yours beat ours?

Chile, dis-here you calls a Zinny
Sorter like a pickaninny;
Nature know de way to nerrish,
Pomper 'em too much dey perish;
White folks strive too hard to rouse 'em --
Honey, I jes' @3anyhows@1 'em!



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