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NATURAL INDIAN SPIRITS

BROUGHT TOBACCO LEAVES FORTH TO PARLEY AND BARTER, MAKE PEACE AND HOLD COUNCIL

SENDING CLOUDS OF SMOKE

BILLOWING TOWARDS THE HEAVENS

IN AROMATIC MISTS

CELEBRATIONS IN MOMENTS OF PEACE

BETWEEN TIMES OF HUNTING AND GATHERING THE NECESSARY INGREDIENTS

MAKING THE HARSHNESS OF LIFE

MORE BEARABLE

REVERED OLDER MEN TURN THEIR EYES INWARDLY BOW THEIR HEADS

BLOWING SMOKE RINGS

WHICH FLY FROM PURSED LIPS

SENDING THEM CALMLY SPINNING WITHIN THEMSELVES EVEN AS THEY DISPERSE

HONORING AT ONCE THE GIFT OF FIRE

AND THE GOOD+SPIRIT

ENTERING THE HEART AND MIND

WHILE FEELING THE RHYTHM

OF THE DANCE HAPPY

JUST TO BE

ALIVE

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