<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=477783" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Possum</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Ef dey 's anyt'ing dat riles me<br>An' jes' gits me out o' hitch,<br>Twell I want to tek my coat off,<br>So 's to r'ar an' t'ar an' pitch,<br>Hit's to see some ign'ant white man<br>'Mittin' dat owdacious sin--<br>Wen he want to cook a possum<br>Tekin' off de possum's skin.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">W'y dey ain't no use in talkin',<br>Hit jes' hu'ts me to de hea't<br>Fu' to see dem foolish people<br>Th'owin' 'way de fines' pa't.<br>W'y, dat skin is jes' ez tendah<br>An' ez juicy ez kin be;<br>I knows all erbout de critter--<br>Hide an' haih--don't talk to me!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Possum skin is jes lak shoat skin;<br>Jes' you swinge an' scrope it down,<br>Tek a good sha'p knife an' sco' it,<br>Den you bake it good an' brown.<br>Huh-uh! honey, you 's so happy<br>Dat yo' thoughts is 'mos' a sin<br>When you 's settin' dah a-chawin'<br>On dat possum's cracklin' skin.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">White folks t'ink dey know 'bout eatin',<br>An' I reckon dat dey do<br>Sometimes git a little idee<br>Of a middlin' dish er two;<br>But dey ain't a t'ing dey knows of<br>Dat I reckon cain't be beat<br>Wen we set down at de table<br>To a unskun possum's meat!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Paul+Laurence+Dunbar">Paul Laurence Dunbar</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=477783" data-title="Possum de Paul Laurence Dunbar" data-description="Ef dey 's anyt'ing dat riles me An' jes' gits me out o' hitch, Twell I want to tek my coat off, So 's to r'ar an' t'ar an' pitch, Hit's to see some ign'ant white man 'Mittin' dat owdacious sin-- Wen he want to cook a possum Tekin' off de possum's ..."></div> </div> </div>

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