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POEM: Leaves Like Prayer by Jennifer Bartell Boykin
This is what leaves like a prayer: 
the collard greens my father planted.

A collard is a cabbage that does not develop a heart.
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FOOD: Southern-Style Collard Greens 

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QUOTE: “To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.”  — Audrey Hepburn

SONG: Secret Garden by Bruce Springsteen

TRAVEL: Montreal Botanical Garden, Montreal, Quebec

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