Simon J. Ortiz
1993
From Sand Creek
Aus: Simon J. Ortiz . From Sand Creek.
At the Salvation Army
a clerk caught me
wandering
among old spoons
and knives,
sweaters and shoes.
I couldn't have stolen anything;
my life was stolen already.
In protest though,
I should have stolen.
My life. My life.
She caught me;
Carson caught Indians,
secured them with his lies.
Bound them with his belief.
After winter,
our own lives fled.
I reassured her
what she believed.
Bought a sweater.
And fled.
I should have stolen.
My life. My life.
So, 23.05.93, 11:00
Reading
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