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This next poem is a
poem called "A Song

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for the Direction of North."

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It's so beautiful
here, it's kind of

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hard to imagine that
it's cold elsewhere.

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[LAUGHTER]

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So I just want to read
this poem for my relatives

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who are up North.

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"The sky is a blanket of
stars covering all of us.

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The night is fold
in darkness, girl.

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Just after midnight we walk
in the cool mountain air.

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The stars glisten so.

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Their bright beauty
makes us dizzy.

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Laughing, we bump lightly
against each other.

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I hold my daughter's arm.

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We walk slowly, still
looking at the sky.

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The night is fold
in darkness, girl.

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Those few stars in the
North seem so close.

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Maybe they are right
above Buffalo Pass.

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Underneath the stars, Lukachukai
mountain lies dark and quiet.

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It breathes with
the sacred wind.

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Clearly, clearly, the barking
of dogs echoes from miles away.

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Right there, under
the pine trees,

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the shiny, smooth horses
snort and breathe loudly.

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The night is fold
in darkness girl.

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The Milky Way stretches wide and
careless across the dark night.

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It is a bright sash belt
with thin soft edges.

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The night is scattered
thickly with glistening

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specks and blinking
orbs of light.

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In some night spaces
there is no order.

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Coyote sure did a
good job, Misty says.

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We laugh and I love
my daughter so.

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The night is folding
darkness, girl.

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The house sits strong and
round against the base

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of the mountain.

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In the dark stillness,
slants of moon and starlight

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wait within the curved
walls for white dawn, girl.

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Slants of light for
white dawn, boy.

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Ahshénee 'wee, t'áá kóó
neiit'aash dooleełée My beloved

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baby.

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If only we could stay here.

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There is no end to
this clear, sweet air.

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To the West, immense
rocks lie red and start

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in the empty desert.

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Somewhere, my daughter's
smooth laughter

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deepens the old memory of stars.

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Tonight I become
Folding Darkness Girl.

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Tonight, I become
Folding Darkness Boy.

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Each morning, white
bead girl arrives.

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Each morning, White
Bead Boy arrives."

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