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This is another poem about the
process of selling my work.

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And I was telling
people this morning

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that now, instead of selling
it, I look for homes for them.

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And the most wonderful
people come to my studio,

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and begin sharing
their lives with me,

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and they take home a
part of me to their home,

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and that that's become a real
important way of me dealing

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with the business, and that
I can make people happy,

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and they will help
me realize my dreams.

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This is called "Change
and Tradition"--

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"Tradition and Change."

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"My mission was to sell
pottery from booth 109.

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So early that morning I drove
to San Ildefonso, the pueblo.

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I expected this market of
arts and crafts to be full.

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A full day in many ways,
hundreds of steel frame booths

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filled the center of the pueblo.

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Cars streamed in
at a steady pace,

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while summer's heat
became relentless.

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Oh yes, and there were
people, all kinds,

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from everywhere, looking to
buy with spend in their eyes.

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Maybe for pottery, I hope so.

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Too expensive, Myrtle, I
heard this man say to his wife

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as she reached for
one of my clay forms,

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his words pressing her
onward to the next booth.

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If it was jewelry
they were looking

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for, this was the place,
everything from finely crafted

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turquoise inlaid bracelets,
to Mickey Mouse earrings set

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in mother of pearl,
his nose in jet,

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and those shorts of Mickey
painted in coral stone.

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The summer's temperature
rose as the loudspeaker

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blared continuous
news of a disco dance

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being held that evening
in another pueblo,

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warning visitors to
stay off the kiva steps,

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and reminding us that
Navajo tacos were being sold

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at any one of the refreshment
stands along the outer walls

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of the village.

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A candidate for governor
hurried by shaking hands,

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almost desperately, with anyone
who looked of voting age.

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It was then I turned
away trying to shake off

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this state I had entered.

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You know, that state of
mind that displaces you

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for just a second.

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Oh yes, oh yes, this is San
Ildefonso Pueblo in the 90s.

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All this made me wonder
where our people were headed,

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what our ancestors would think
about a Navajo taco going

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for $3.75.

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I thought about change
affecting our tradition, change

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and tradition,
change and tradition,

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on this hot, full day."

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[APPLAUSE]

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