Words … for the Time Being – "I am offering this poem to you, since I have nothing else to give." ~Jimmy Santiago Baca
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"I am offering this poem to you, since I have nothing else to give." ~Jimmy Santiago Baca
Featured I am offering this poem to you, since I have nothing else to give. Keep it like a warm coat when winter comes to cover you, or like a pair of thick socks the cold cannot bite through, I love you, I have nothing else to give you, so it is a pot full of yellow corn to warm your belly in winter, it is a scarf for your head, to wear over your hair, to tie up around your face, I love you, Keep it, treasure this as you would if you were lost, needing direction, in the wilderness life becomes when mature; and in the corner of your drawer, tucked away like a cabin or hogan…
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