Translated From the American
After all the drive-in theaters have closed
for winter I'll make camp alone
at THE NORTH CEDAR replay westerns
the Seventh Cavalry riding double formation
endlessly Main Avenue stretches
past the Union Gospel Mission where I keep
a post office box miles away
at my permanent address I'll wrap myself
in old blankets wait for white boys
climbing fences to watch this Indian speak
in subtitles they'll surround me
and when they ask "how"
I'll give them exact directions.
Sherman Alexie.........from Old Shirts & New Skins
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