The Birch Canoe
by Carter Revard
Red men embraced my body's whiteness,
cutting into me carved it free,
sewed it tight with sinews taken
from lightfoot deer who leaped this stream--
now in my ghost-skin they glide over clouds
at home in the fish's fallen heaven.
Copyright © Carter Revard, 1992.
First published in Cowboys and Indians, Christmas Shopping.
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