Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Indian Boy Love Song (#4)


Painting by Sharon Evans

Indian Boy Love Song (#4)


I remember when my father would leave,
drinking,
for weeks. My mother would tell me

the dream he needed
most
was the dream that frightened him
more

than any stranger ever could.
I
would wait by my window, dreaming

bottles
familiar in my hands, not my father's, always
empty.


Sherman Alexie.......from The Business of Fancydancing

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