Scott Simpson · Poetry

Grandma Simpson's Poem

Selected Poems 1989 to 2009 · source pages 111

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Source page 111

And she said,

Collards collards collards

green beans 'n' sweet-potatoes

sugar-sugar-sugar

I love you sugar

buttermilk 'n' cornbread

Lyndal Lyndal Lyndal

your grandbabies are here

down in Magnolia's

near where Papa

growed up

carry me on down

to where Papa growed up

with a bushel 'n' a peck 'n' a hug

aroun the neck

y'all come on over

come on over

M-m-m-m (smack) M-m-m-m (smack)

Merry Christmas

Merry, merry Christmas

come on in here

You want a stick-a-gum honey?

Tonight, we havin' fried okra.