AucklandPoetry.com presents Poet Resident JAN OSKAR HANSEN on http://OSKAR.AUCKLANDPOETRY.COM

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

racew relation 1950

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.

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