Atop the sand painting
it is hot enough
to open the blessingway
to reverse
the radials of color
mosaics of first people
blessing, angering
I fear
the surface dead
coyotes and amorphous creatures
scare away the horses
in the hearth is bread
of corn and coarse black pepper
sweeter by summer squash flowers
© Chagall ∞
Alphabet City 