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The Deep South

Friday fix July 3rd: Lisa Sawyer

She found Christ at an altar,
and watched the Crow on his shoulder.

She grew up on Louisa Street,
then grew old with Separate but Equal.

She had the complexion of a sweet praline,
so did Plessy, said the conductor.

She was born in New Orleans.
She died in Louisiana.