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Grandma's Biscuits

by Starry Walker

A jar of brown sticky molasses sits in conversation with a plate of salty fatback on the stove craving the buttery biscuits that grandma rolled out and cut into perfect circles with a tin can that once held the beans that she picked with her own hands teaching us that she has never made excuses about not having a cookie cutter life And that life can still be sweet if you use what you have to create what you want
Starry Walker was born and raised in Greenville SC. This poem is inspired by her great grandmother, Virginia Scott of Fountain Inn South Carolina.
This project is supported in part by the Metropolitan Arts Council, City of Greenville ATax, and the South Carolina Arts Commission, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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