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[bird pepper image from google]

 Mango Chow

When i was a child i knew of a tiny tubular pepper we called bird pepper.  These plants no one planted, they just popped up from nowhere, but did not remain in the size of a weed. They grew to well sized shrubs.

Maybe it was as Lisa Bellamy thought, “as a seed, I was shot out the back end of a blue jay when, heedless, she flew over the meadow.” 

In those my youthful days. I used to add bird peppers to chow. Chow was any green fruit available peeled, with salt, garlic and peppers, added. In my area the favoured choice was mango chow. It was something as children we made, we relished we shared.

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Prosery: In the words of Lisa Bellamy

Write a piece of flash fiction or other prose up of up to or exactly 144 words, Including the given line from a poem. “As a seed, I was shot out the back end of a blue jay when, heedless, she flew over the meadow.” From the poem, Wild Pansy. by Lisa Bellamy

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