Their Eyes Were Watching God

What is the meaning of “Nanny’s words made janie”s kiss across the gatepost seem like a manure pile after rain”

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Nanny forbids Janie to kill any boy she does not okay.

"Whut Ah seen just now is plenty for me, honey, Ah don’t want no trashy nigger, no breath-and-britches, lak Johnny Taylor usin’ yo’ body to wipe his foots on."

She reduces Janie's kiss to "manure".

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