E30 Sassafras Tea by Effie Lee Newsome

Description: 
An immersive reading of Sassafras Tea by Effie Lee Newsome with reflection on tea rituals, herbal remedies, the good and hindsight. 

Website:
https://anauscultation.wordpress.com/ 

Work:
Sassafras Tea
By Effie Lee Newsome

The sass’fras tea is red and clear
 In my white china cup,
 So pretty I keep peeping in
 Before I drink it up.

I stir it with a silver spoon,
 And sometimes I just hold
 A little tea inside the spoon,
 Like it was lined with gold.

It makes me hungry just to smell
 The nice hot sass’fras tea,
 And that’s the one thing I really like
 That they say’s good for me.

References:

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