Turtle Island Nativity

the natives are gathering
packets of seeds and
good quality hand tools
the natives are gathering
elementary skills they
are gathering resources
like ripe berries in this time
of super abundance

the natives are gathering
walnuts and dewberriew
chestnuts and blueberries
watercress and poke and
American! artichoke
the natives are gathering
what Earth is freely offering
Natives are generously provided for
in Her will

the natives are gathering
their wits about them
gathering intelligence
gathering the information
they are gathering impressions
they gather we will need
to know what's going on

the natives are gathering
comfrey and chickweed
nettles and dockseed
the natives are gathering
ginseng and sassafras
juicy shrooms and smelly blooms
Mescalito's native and he's
coming to the gathering
Earth and natives love
each other very much

the natives are gathering in the
right places at the right times
the circle and the sweat lodge
in dreamtime ancient villages in
the fertile river valleys
the natives are gathering
their voices into song gathering
strength from numbers gathering
courage and gathering friends

the natives are gathering
down at the border
speaking spanish and wearing
Aztek genes the natives are
displaying hybrid vigor
and flourishing

The natives aren't restless
they are calm and collected
missionaries and other aliens
nervously check their passports
hoping everything's in order.
everything is NOT in order and the
natives are gathering!!

the natives are gathering
old songs and stories
they are gathering what has lasted
from their great grandfather's legacy
from their great grandmother's
memory the natives are
making a medicine bundle for
those who are yet to be
the natives are keeping the
pattern after all.

the natives are gathering
awakening from a dream in
which they were Europeans
"how absurd", thinks a native
as she gathers with her friends
to greet the Sun

the natives are gathering
moving through the thickets
and woods of unconscious
mind they are gathering
in the places defiled by
unfullfill ment they are gathering
where ever there's an opening

The natives are gathering
and the fort is surrounded
the natives communicate
in bird and frog language
birds and frogs are natives
all the natives are gathering

The natives are gathering
underground
human mycelia in a
dream webwork antenna
natives are resonant with signals
they have gathered from the
Earth and Sun and Stars

The Natives are gathering
dancing the ghost dance
they hold hands across vast
distances of time the natives
are gathering around a
million campfires they stare
into embers and remember each other

The natives are gathering
energy in their centers
they are gathering conciousness
The natives are gathering
the power that is needed
to change minds

the natives are gathering
torts and retorts, papers and reports
the natives are filing for their return
treaties, contracts and documentation
in negotiations for American nations
the natives are going to
Souix

the natives are gathering
around all bends and
over all rainbows
the natives are gathering beating
their drums and dancing
the natives are gathering
beating their drums and singing
like likes like and natives
like to gather