Wednesday, May 6, 2026

She Dances

 in the shadow of the church

sour words

sharp words

a badger caught in headlights

somehow made it here

to glitter in the sunlight

to pose, arrogant

maybe get drunk on the weekend

find a filly

you studied all through Utrecht

Hold my hand, there is still a tradition.

behind the train sometimes

it is on my breath. The Dakota

on whoze territory I was born say

ain't nothing wrong with these ancestors. 

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Papa Died

 It was around the time he got sick, two years ago

That I knew myself safe for the first time in my life, you guys

It's still waiting to figure out what that means

No time for the gossips, the ceremonialists, the "good people".