POSSESSIONS
We have many things.
My mother
has many sheep
and goats
and her hogan
and the things
of the hogan
and me.
My father
has many horses.
On his land
he has many horses.
He has a wagon
near the horse corral.
Inside my mother's hogan
my father keeps his gun,
and outside
he hangs his sheepskin
and his saddle
and his blanket.
And I
have my mother
and my father,
three baby lambs
and a cat
with a long tail.
I have a tree
that I know.
It is a little tree.
It is a crooked tree
on the top of a hill.
It knows me, too,
I think,
because it bends down low
to let me climb it
to hide away.
Behind my mother's hogan
is Beautiful Mountain.
It is mine,
I know,
because always
it is looking at me
to make me happy.
We have many things.
All of us
have many things.
One day
my father told me
that all The People
had possessions.
He said,
"Sheep and horses
for the men and the women
and land for all.
That is enough."
My father said this.
But I think
there should be more
than sheep and horses
and land for all.
There should be little girls
for little girls to play with.
That would be enough,
I think.
