MAMMA

You had a dream Mamma -

Do you remember?

I should marry a white man,

So my daughters be fair.

With beautiful skin,

And smiling eyes.

With much more chance of success,

Than you've had, or I have.

I had a dream Mamma.

That I married a white man:

That I gave him a black son -

That he beat me and left me bare...

And in that dream, Mamma,

I had so loved that man

That I killed my son and myself -

Do you think that is fair...?