Bocal
We ate pokesally for years
Til ole Doc Bekkabee told
Us bout to he toxicity of
the plant. We used the berries
to. Make poke sally pie.
Told us Pokeberries, pokesalad
the fibrous stalks and leaves
needed detoxification, and you
needed someone who knew
what they were doing.
Grandpa would put polkberries
In the biscuit dough for breakfast
Biscuits. Man come round year
tell me stop eating pokesally
I told him no you mister!
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Submitted by allanterry542curtis_2 on November 09, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCDEBFGGHAIJKL |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 423 |
Words | 76 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
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