No ghost dancer gave me eyes,
eh, who says
You were not there, you did not see.
the people fleeing bombs bursting in air,
oh, say, can you see, the Hotchkiss crews, cheering
as they watch forty or so shells in each series,
so many, like nine of those guys, shooting two,
breechloading cannons, field artillery with airburst
shrapnel rounds at fleeing women and children,
and some, went so stark raving mad, after that,
we had fifty years of drunk indians, life was hard,
nobody had sense enough to sit still and forget,
let it go, as no hold on me, no papers pending
retribution for the life I had, no, I smile, I'm okeh,
I gotta good seed sown some time ago, fruits every year,
just needs a good five decades to get through the rock
Hwéeldi, meaning "the place of suffering.
Hard won wise ways we out live the liars,
Peace is easy, War is hell, and hell is an idea,
not a very good one, it doesn't make sense,
it does make dissonance, too loud, alarm
or gears needing grease last year, is why
prayers who pray for shows, ticket sellers
wives and children, pray for shows success,
attract all the attention in the world, just so
should you ever befriend a dead Marine, say
semper fi, and be ready to be asked, do you
have any idea what that really means,
{meet the spirit of Sgt. John Wikel, as imagined}
after you think about ever for a while,
bed bound, no strolls, no relaxation
but kind and considerate wiping,
so a soul so vulnerable doesn't
feel like, you know, people say ****
I say it, too, but, I don't think about it
legit, idle words, we can cook witshitwished
regretted never fretting yeast, as in us, code,
identical yeast code, runs in us, okey
that's new, right, I learned that, today, so
I can still work a thought up from a meander.
Dine'
concept of Hózhó—
Ai defines as
a totalizing philosophy
of beauty, balance, and universal order
that governs every aspect
of the physical and spiritual world.
Jan 14
Jan 14, 2026 at 10:08 PM UTC
No ghost dancer gave me eyes,
eh, who says
You were not there, you did not see.
the people fleeing bombs bursting in air,
oh, say, can you see, the Hotchkiss crews, cheering
as they watch forty or so shells in each series,
so many, like nine of those guys, shooting two,
breechloading cannons, field artillery with airburst
shrapnel rounds at fleeing women and children,
and some, went so stark raving mad, after that,
we had fifty years of drunk indians, life was hard,
nobody had sense enough to sit still and forget,
let it go, as no hold on me, no papers pending
retribution for the life I had, no, I smile, I'm okeh,
I gotta good seed sown some time ago, fruits every year,
just needs a good five decades to get through the rock
Hwéeldi, meaning "the place of suffering.
Hard won wise ways we out live the liars,
Peace is easy, War is hell, and hell is an idea,
not a very good one, it doesn't make sense,
it does make dissonance, too loud, alarm
or gears needing grease last year, is why
prayers who pray for shows, ticket sellers
wives and children, pray for shows success,
attract all the attention in the world, just so
should you ever befriend a dead Marine, say
semper fi, and be ready to be asked, do you
have any idea what that really means,
{meet the spirit of Sgt. John Wikel, as imagined}
after you think about ever for a while,
bed bound, no strolls, no relaxation
but kind and considerate wiping,
so a soul so vulnerable doesn't
feel like, you know, people say ****
I say it, too, but, I don't think about it
legit, idle words, we can cook witshitwished
regretted never fretting yeast, as in us, code,
identical yeast code, runs in us, okey
that's new, right, I learned that, today, so
I can still work a thought up from a meander.
Dine'
concept of Hózhó—
Ai defines as
a totalizing philosophy
of beauty, balance, and universal order
that governs every aspect
of the physical and spiritual world.
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