The Burnt Stick

Liyan, I have heard they are coming to take away your son in the morning!

Who is coming to take him away?! Where will they take him

The big man from welfare, I have heard he is travelling with the police truck to all the camps in this part of the country and taking the light-skinned ones to the fathers at pearl bay. He was with the mob at Richmond downs the day before yesterday He will be here tomorrow.

He will not be coming back...

When will he be coming back?

They will bring him up the way of the white man. It will be many years before he can return, but his life will never be the same