Mr. Okra may be gone but is not forgotten

You usually heard Mr. Okra before you ever saw him.

“I have the mango, I have spinach, I have yellow squash, corn on the cob,” Arthur Robinson sang. His list of produce was a tune everybody knew.

The sound floated ahead of his brightly painted truck, which served as a market stand and billboard. You smile when you hear the song, and start thinking about dinner…

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