<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=399770" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The white girl</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I fill my blue motorbike<br>at the garage<br>and the smell of fuel<br>is strong in the air.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The early morning sun<br>hangs bright in the sky<br>and already it’s a hot day.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I go to the shop<br>to buy a can of Coke<br>and get caught <br>in the middle of a fight<br>of a white girl<br>with the black cashier<br>and she tries to draw me<br>into her argument.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">She’s beautiful and spoiled<br>and shouts and slams her fists down<br>on the counter<br>and in a temper tantrum<br>grabs the card reading machine<br>and throws it on the ground<br>and there’s hatred in her eyes<br>and her words lack respect<br>and any dignity.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I see how the machine<br>breaks into bits<br>and paper rolling<br>down an aisle<br>and time freezes<br>into parts of reality<br>and I have no cash on me.<br> <br>Suddenly I am dismayed<br>at being of the same race<br>and culture and nationality<br>as that spoiled grown up child.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Gert+Strydom">Gert Strydom</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=399770" data-title="The white girl de Gert Strydom" data-description="I fill my blue motorbike at the garage and the smell of fuel is strong in the air. The early morning sun hangs bright in the sky and already it’s a hot day. I go to the shop to buy a can of Coke and get caught in the middle of a fight of a wh..."></div> </div> </div>

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