SHEEP CORRAL
Near my mother's hogan
is the sheep corral,
a hard packed place
fenced with poles.
There is a tree
for shade.
There is a shelter
for lambs
in the sheep corral.
The sheep stand together
in their corral.
They stand close
to each other.
I think
sheep like to know
that they are many.
Sometimes
I think that way.
I think
that there are many children
all around me,
all about me.
When I am herding
and I cannot see my mother,
it is good
to play
that many children
stand together with me,
and that all outside
is my corral.
