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    A newborn baby boy is left defenseless as his teenage mother does not want to keep him. She is unsure who the father is between Harold or Jim. As a mixed-race baby with straight nose and curly hair, he is seen as a "white man's baby." The baby lays unloved and nameless, too soon becoming a casualty as his mother does not offer him care or protection.

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    A newborn baby boy is left defenseless as his teenage mother does not want to keep him. She is unsure who the father is between Harold or Jim. As a mixed-race baby with straight nose and curly hair, he is seen as a "white man's baby." The baby lays unloved and nameless, too soon becoming a casualty as his mother does not offer him care or protection.

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    Welfare Baby by Cheryl Albury

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    A newborn baby boy is left defenseless as his teenage mother does not want to keep him. She is unsure who the father is between Harold or Jim. As a mixed-race baby with straight nose and curly hair, he is seen as a "white man's baby." The baby lays unloved and nameless, too soon becoming a casualty as his mother does not offer him care or protection.

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    WELFARE BABY by Cheryl Albury

    Brown bundle

    Defenceless he lay there.

    “Mother’s only sixteen,

    Doesn’t want him.”

    “Besides she’s not sure,

    Was it Harold or Jim?”

    “Nose is straight, hair is curly -

    Surely it’s white man’s baby.”

    Brown bundle

    Defenceless he lay there.

    She reached out to hold him but couldn’t;

    Her offering a silent commentary.

    Brown bundle

    Defenceless he lay there.

    Unloved. Nameless.

    Too soon a casualty.

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