They pointed fingers at the Black
and then prepared for an attack.
The black boy asked why they would pick
to beat and torture with a stick
a little boy who’d done no wrong
the racist said ‘you look like Kong.
‘It is the colour that we hate
that’s why we now will beat you, mate.’
The fellow pleaded, ‘don’t be mean,
I think I am a shade of green.’
The racists, though, yelled, ‘never mind,
we’re white and also colourblind.’
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