Different Shades of Green

I shrug. Look at me close. " "Look at me closely. See, with my hair I look at Yona Lee real hard while she pulls pulled back...who do I look like? Oh, I know in her lower lip and holds it with her upper I'm fairer, but look at my cheekbones and teeth. And you know what. She does look like watch me smile (and she smiles one of her Jackie Kennedy. scared to death smiles). Don't you think, Yona Lee looks almost exactly like Jackie LaDonna, that I look like Jackie Kennedy? Kennedy. Different Shades of Green Yesterday we picked greens upon Greens upon greens from our salad garden To cook and freeze for winter evenings. The only green we snubbed was careless weed, Alias lamb's-quarter, which some relish But we refuse on principle because This hoggish potherb tries to take Every inch of our garden plot. Because most greens are never exclusive at heart We mix them in the kitchen sink to rinse Before they're dropped in the cooker to simmer With fresh spring onions for half an hour or more. Thus there they lay: kale, a greyish green; And light green mustard leaves, stronger than kale On the tongue but not in blood and bone; Collards from the southern cabbage tree The color of kale but again not so rich; Savoy spinach leaves, the loveliest I think of all our salad garden, From wide, dark green roses whose glossy petals Wrinkle and bulge in no design but their own. Slightly mottled, dull and a little rough, The largest leaves were Seven Top, For turnips grow fastest of all the greens. For that reason perhaps in this world whose soul Steps to the law of supply and demand Turnip greens (and tubers) are least elite Among gourmet connoisseurs and chefs. But we rebel against Most populous is least And sometimes like to feast On a dish of turnip greens Seasoned with cracklings Or served with chine. —Harry Brown 64 ...