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A Navajo Artist
I am from two worlds
Biláaghaná and Diné
I am from the Black Wood Streaked People
and the Red Running Into the Water People
I am from the Valley of the Sun
filled with crime and pollution
I am from flaming skies the color of fire that fade into soft ochres and reds
from burning heat woven out of sunbeams
I am from firm hand shakes with held eye contact
and gentle hand caresses with bowed heads
I am from the scratching of a pencil
as I draw the Coral Pink sand dunes and an eagle’s sharp eye
I am from black fingertips on graphite covered hands
attached to brown paint splattered arms
I am from the popping and sizzling of hot oil
the aroma of fresh fry bread in the air
I am from the beating of the drum
and the screams of AC/DC
I am from ears weighed down by heavy turquoise
from necks glistening with shining silver
I am from two worlds
Biláaghaná and Diné
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