And if no one is kind to you,
should you then be portable and pleasant,
ask no questions as to why they take
as a given that your smile not hide
a dagger or a connivance; should it come
to them as a surprise that you harbor
ill-will or deceit or ruthless dreams
of revenge? Have they not whipped you
into escape, after the attempt at which
they whipped you again, more so? Since
they created you against them, have you
any choice but to confirm them as your
social enemy, once more condemned to follow
your leader, to be more savage and wild
even, for which they may call you
cannibal, cattle, feared or prized
for meat, and in sickness worthless, pity
being unnecessary and impractical? Did they
create Christian feeling and charity
as shackles to keep their conscience
tied below the deck, which to walk
with boots and rosaries, so that
when they were kind it was only
to show you the good boss, and raise you
on deck, saying, work with me, side by side,
and be rewarded as long as you remain
monsters and negroes?