No longer little -- though still undeniably black --
and eschewing the moniker 'Sambo,' believing it wack,
Sam's now Abul-qasim Abwan, after turning his back
on Pearl, Mississippi and moving to Basra, Iraq.
No longer 'Li'l' -- though becoming remarkably vocal
in rants against use of the libelous epithet 'yokel' --
Abner's shutter'd his shack and resign'd from the bed testers local.
Will novelty alter him...? Maybe a week in New Yo'k'll.
Grown old now, though still looking chic in her signature hood,
Red no longer haunts Granny's Forest, nor feels that she should.
"I'm finished with canines and crones. So: is that understood...?"
remarks Red as she shoulders her basket. "I'm leaving for good."
