Alena
Deewater

Ann
Helsel

Charles
Furey

Donald
Shephard

Doug
Fortier

Gloria
Jorgensen

Henri
Bensussen

Holly
Tannen

Jan
Edwards

Jewels
Marcus

Maureen
Eppstein

Motherbear
Scott

Nancy
McLelland

Nona
Smith

Norma
Watkins

Sharon
Gilligan

Susan
Fisher

Ty
Moore

H e n r i  B e n s u s s e n  &  S h a n t i  B a l s é

Shooting the Natives

              You frame me
              into this photograph
              say again, “one more”
              catch even my dark feet
              bare soles worn as old tires.

              A survivor of heat and dust
              for more than a thousand years
              I can afford nothing

              but to show a kind welcome to you
              hiding behind that rifle of a lens
              nervously clicking off shots.

              As if you face a tiger
              about to leap for your throat

Many Years of Prayer