Return of the Shaman

Gene Fowler

Who ever heard
of a shaman reads the papers -

but I read a reviewer said
this shaman
couldn't work, circa nowadays -

so, before
going into town, I better
invent a legend

about the return
of the shaman, and then
drift in, proud
and quiet, a fulfillment
of the prophesy,
y'see.

Show that mutha
old Coyote is still
o'nery as ever.

& I'll do some painting
in Earth colors
or in gold leaf, whatever -

with little whorls
in it -

coriolis

spirit dancers -

& drink the dark wine
& sing

the wind in high branches
& sea-wetted rocks

& new places

& I'll get hide-wet
in the woman's dark arch

& watch for the soft
face

of new life.


Gene Fowler
acorioso@earthlink.net