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Whitey

Pleased to meet you
you know my name
but perhaps you don't know all of them.
I am the buck wai
the gaijin
the gui lo.
I am the white devil
a honkey, a cracker
the wonder bread ghost.
I am a haole.
Please forgive my pale skin
blame not my light colored eyes
that you feel are indifferent
to the plight of your people
and the historical significance
of your stoic silence.
You can blame me for your problems
after all, I am the right shade.
You can blame my mainland education.
You can blame my citified ways
and large vocabulary.
After all I'm only white
its not like there is any culture behind my white bread world.
So go ahead
sling your silent accusations through temperate eyes.
Its okay
I have no culture.
I'm white -- we don't...feel pain.