Asleep in the whare kai we find ourselves lie
Hinekura herself, to the brim filled with whanau
When as soon as my eyes, close for the night
does the room fill with tables, and chairs set up right
But on top of a table, leering at me
is a scrawny like goblin, crouching and smiling
with big oval eyes and gaps in his teeth
he nervously watches me, checking me out
"Tena koe my friend" I hear myself say
where he inches closer, smiling some more
but tired from a day spent with our Aunty Rose
I bid him goodnight, and go back to sleep..
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