Intombazane yaphuma echibini yabona umngane wayo. Emuva kokuphulula umsunu wakubeka kwacaca ukuthi ufuna ukuphinde alibone ipipi lakhe. Sasingekho isidingo sokumbuza kabili lo muntu omnyama - waphendula izicelo ezinjalo kanye nje. Izisusa zakhe ziyaqondakala - i-prick enjalo ayilele emgwaqeni. Futhi ukwenza ngokuhlonishwa - ukusika kwakhe kushintsha ngokushesha usayizi wakhe. Kusobala ukuthi wamkhulisa kahle.
Hawu, yeka i-nigger kuma-tattoo. Leyo ingquza ayikhiphile, noma iyiphi enye intombazane ingasaba, kodwa akufani naleyo ntombazanyana enezinwele ezinsundu ingamangazwa umthondo omkhulu. Lo mbhangqwana ungikhumbuza ushokoledi omnyama nomhlophe, ubukeka upholile.