Painting by Sharon Evans
Indian Boy Love Song (#3)
I remember when I told
my cousin
she was more beautiful
than any white girl
I had ever seen.
She kissed me then
with both lips, a tongue
that tasted clean and un-
clean at the same time
like the river which divides
the heart of my heart, all
the beautiful white girls on one side,
my beautiful cousin on the other.
Sherman Alexie........from The Business of Fancydancing
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