Wednesday, October 22, 2008

After The Lightning



After The Lightning

I will ask your permission
to weave a story
from your hair, weave it

around both of us
as we sit warm and safe
on the hill above
the reservation, and all

her skins, watch
the first storm of the year
approach, pass over
then move away.

Sherman Alexie 1996
from THE SUMMER OF BLACK WIDOWS.

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