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| Toward Texas Santa Fe Train Depot Davis, Oklahoma © C.C. Brooks |
OKLA HUMMA
walking
Soldier Creek
where
they camped during the Indian Wars
when
the water ran red with Indian blood
then
chromium grey
to
win the big war
but
not anymore
life
is abundant
even
on this winter solstice
red
(okla is
Choctaw for red)
the
red of a red-tailed hawk
on
a sortie from cedar to sycamore
the
red of sandstone
beneath
silver ice and green moss
white
noise
of
red earth slipping lubricated
white
noise
of
cedar waxwings
tittering
under a cottonwood’s skirt
(humma is
Choctaw for people)
white
people
good
to
their kind
blue
the
blue bird blue sky
a
blue heron
one-legged
on thin ice
red
state
white
lies
blue
tears
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