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JB Scotsman Feb 2018
Barbareño


Sun touched Chumash children played upon the land.
Golden brown bears walked from mountains to coastal sand as wild steelhead swam up the Los Angeles River.
Cabrillo eyed the wide expanse. Spanish sailors laughed and danced with visions of beautiful wild maidens.
Old San Salvador bobbed and slipped smoothly through the warm salt waters of Southern California.
The Spanish Crown would be so glad, but thousands of Chumash would soon be sad.
Enchanted summer turned to fall as tranquil waters north turned to squall.
Captain Cabrillo and his men
returned south again,
to find protection on Miss Santa Catalina.
A fateful cut caused Juan’s leg to swell.
On January 3rd his men bid him farewell.
Near 500 years have past since then, Cabrillo’s gone as are his men.
40 million now tread upon nature’s most beautiful daughter.
Still upon a starlit night moon beams reflect an ancient light down on crashing waves with effervescent thunder. Her powerful beauty comes out again and erases the scars of greedy men.
Ancient words of Chumash roll and the ghosts of Tule elk bugle like banshees across the water. When again, will she be free to run again in harmony with nature and the universe of her creator?
kevin Apr 18
the fleshing post of thousand oaks was hidden
as many turned away speaks in our history
when a speech was tasted and attempted
the fleshing post held the debt to the lutheran
and the removal of caution was spelled

here is the property spelled, yes'm
you haven't her'd of ireland? nevar

then digging back into the graveyards
teaching measurements from 1 church road
was creation or property
and thus a mules lengthy toil shall not be whispered

usage of the shales was kind in the origination of the washed
and the scales of justice were born from the almight of the robes
deterents and difficult abjects

the ******* of mexico, mexican or mexicaint productions
rural bods of free food and passage around and around the marbled halls of city
granting pass of petrol, yet no sayings otherwise must be spoken
in the withdrawl of payee and employee titles of surmons

chumash or curd

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