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the other side of the island a light blanket of snow covers the blood where the seven deer were shot yesterday ******* "beware of darkness" "beware of maya" ******* at the taos pueblo on new year's day the turtle dance in a line the young boy the old man deep beating of the drum white gourds rising, falling, rattling feathered heads, bared chests against red clay adobe and the mountain holding it all ******* the shaking ground of iran in iraq "bombs bursting in air" ******* six nights on a greyhound bus one learns the power of staying in the "now" a handsome drunk sipping something pink stashed in his coat keeps saying "i come with you" and a big black man stands up and says "i've lost my teeth" maryanna medicine woman gives me a lift to the pueblo and at the darkest moment a star larger than life falls into the horizon wyoming before dawn doubt vanishes to sunlight the south dakota landscape no civilization miles of nothingness IS healing ******* returning to the island the moon builds toward full a deep peace water laps down below my loft window ******* a friend's tongue burns with the pain of radiation/chemo sobbing ******* as i walk i hear gunshots a hot anger in my belly the city/state/committee break their promise and the shooting of deer is not posted on the two bulletin boards or online ******* i have not held the space by lighting candles ******* my neighbor my brother steps outside his plastic-ed shed he holds a sharp knife and his hands drip red back inside he gags with dry heaves as he cuts the deer ******* in the mail a syrupy sweet article about cliff island preparing for winter everyone is 'from away' and smiling ******* hah! ******* my friend morgan a note posted on his third floor city apartment door: stop feeding the pigeons at your windowsill! ******* my oh my ******* can dean save the country? ******* LIFE ******* shaking every one of us by the shoulders til our bones loosen ******* jesus ******* can you feel it? |
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