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ON THIS NIGHT
(For Tina)

On this night
of midnight sun
when rhododendrons
purple the hills
and Arctic cotton snows
the landscape, the children
send their kits flying
sky-high taking
their painted messages
up and up to the Great Spirit
far beyond the clouds.

I watch the children run.
"Careful," I want to shout,
"Careful, don't stumble
over the garbage
(seal carcasses, guts,
discarded boxes, papers,
rags and bottles)
in the street."
    "Careful," the sky echoes.
And who knows?  The Great One
may be watching and guiding
the childish feet.

      

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Copyright 1989 by Mildred A. Rose,

all rights reserved.
Originally published by The Music House Press.
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except in short reviews, without the
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Feb 07, 2012, 03:16 PM CST

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