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Rattlesnake gently pass slicing open yellow goldenrod wild grass

Rattlesnake gently pass slicing open yellow goldenrod wild grass


Red I did run


Red my erratic rocks

Red my wild boar

my wild canyon

Red I did run run over the creek to get lost with the boars

get lost with the boars

Yolla Bolla

Oak Tree Nation

Blacks canyon we fled running running Red from Red necks with their guns wanted to “get them some”



Bolder switchback rest



Yahi



Bolder switchback rest



Yana



Bolder switchback rest



Yahi



Ishi was found hiding with his people

tired from their run

Chased they was by ranchers and their sons

Sank into the bottom of the canyon

Sank into the bottom of the canyon

Sank into the bottom of the canyon

Blacks canyon




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Yahi run



Bolder switchback rest



Yana run



Shade

Shade

Dappled sun

olive and bay

Shade

Shade

Dappled sun

Rattlesnake skin deposited

Warm stone skin

Shade

Shade

Owls and bats asleep

Red I did run over wild rocks

Run I did jump over red boar creek

Red run jump I run

Shade shade

Olive and bay

Run

Red

Run

Starving alone I walked into Saltu mans nation




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rattle snakes gently pass slicing open our yellow goldenrod grass

a warm stone I recline upon in the red sun

06/30/2011

Author's Note: written for Ishi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishi Local lore is that the last of his people were killed at Black Rock in the lower Sierra Nevada a few miles from my hometown.

Posted on 07/01/2011
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