In how it feels to be colored me, which meaning of veneer most closely matches its
meaning in the following passage (paragraphs
i dance wildly inside myself; i yell within, i whoop; i shake my assegai above my
head, i hurl it true to the markyooww! i am in the jungle and living in the jungle
way. my face is painted red and yellow and my body is painted blue. my pulse is
throbbing like a war drum. i want to slaughter something-give pain, give death to
what, i do not know. but the pie ends. the men of the orchestra wipe their lips and
rest their fingers. i creep back slowly to the veneer we call civilization with the last
tone and fine the white friend sitting motionless in his seat, smoking calmly.
"good music they have here," he remarks, drumming the table with his fingertips.