Joanna Gilman Hyde

 I was once an Indian Princess

somewhere across The Western Plains

of Early America

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I married a brave

& conceived 2.4 children

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My Father was a Chief

My Mother one

of 4 Wives

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I made clothes of skins

I cooked bison strips over

open fires

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I led packs of dogs

& children

along sunlit trails

further West

not in search of Wealth

but of Freedom

from encroachment

of The White Man

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Joanna Hyde
February 22 2012   The Hawk Studio  8:26pm