tongan poet loa niumeitolus: when we tell /

I know English was brought

by White people to our country.

But when WE speak it,

when we slur that language
like sinews of vine floss
extracting our teeth, [br]
grind it with coral and ironwood in our mouths, and [br]
When WE recount of the gritty taste[br] we've got to have a Tongan way of doing it.

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