THE SANDWICH

“What are you doing there…my little nigger boy… What are you eating? Oh! Bread… Bread thrown out for the birds?… Is that what you’re eating? Who said you could eat that bread…eh? Did you ask the birds if you could eat their bread? Well! Did you?…Answer me…...

A CLEAN OR SHINY FACE

“Go wash your dirty little face… Then with the others take your place. If you do not please me… Then you will not get your tea. You haven’t washed…I can tell you have not… You lying little article…in hell you’ll rot. You’re an absolute disgrace… Now go back and...

THE DARK

“Hello… Hello… Is there anybody there? Please let me out… Please…please… I’m sorry…I won’t do it again… Please let me out… It’s dark in here… I’m scared…I’m frightened… Please…I’m sorry… I won’t do it again…I promise… I won’t wet the bed again…promise… Is there...

FALSE FOOTSTEPS

Lying in the dark…waiting in the darkness… Expecting…waiting…not wishing… There it is…there it is again…footsteps… That sound…the tread…that tread…false footsteps… God’s man…a ‘holy man’…not a wholly ‘man’. The tread…on the stair…it comes…...