Race Relation (1950)
All we knew was what our teacher told
black people where big but very nice and
lived in bamboo huts, so when we saw
one coming off a ship we took him home
to my aunt, mother had said she was a tart,
the black man also had a bottle of rum and
cigarettes which was in great demand in
those days. She threw us kids out, locked
the door and drew the curtains (she lived
in a basement flat) disappointed we went
back to the docks to find another one to
show around.
AucklandPoetry.com presents Poet Resident JAN OSKAR HANSEN on http://OSKAR.AUCKLANDPOETRY.COM
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
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