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FROM OKRA TO GREENS by NTOZAKE SHANGE

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First Line: I HAVETA TURN MY TELEVISION DOWN SOMETIMES CUZ
Last Line: & sure can dream gd/soppin up the pot liquor / & them peppers
Subject(s): ETHNIC GROUPS - UNITED STATES; MINORITIES - UNITED STATES; U.S. - RACE RELATIONS;
Full Poem Text Available at
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Wild_Beauty/et5sEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=shange+%22I+haveta+turn+my+television+down+sometimes+cuz%22&pg=RA1-PA5&printsec=frontcover


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