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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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