Coyote Full of Secrets Deep and Dark Pt1

The medicine man lifted up a baby girl To the heavens like a cherished rare pearl He called upon the gods to send a spirit To posses the babe they named Little Irit He enters a trance chanting in a voice that was throaty Summoning up the cursed fiery eyed Coyote Before the beast he lay Little Irit on a bed of leaves A sacrifice to rekindle the gods favour, in which his tribe believes He walks away with no remorse As the child is left for the Coyote’s main course It’s an hour later that the medicine man returns The sacrifice is accepted by the evidence or earth that burns Medicine man enlightens the chief by the light of crescent moon That Cursed Coyote has lifted their gloom The Chief calls the elders to make a great feast In honour of the fiery eyed cursed beast When the villagers were drunk and all well fed They sat round the campfire telling stories before bed Then suddenly out of the fire, cursed Coyote pounced causing fear and dread As he slowly gnawed off the medicine man’s head The chief ordered every man to kill the beast After the battle, Coyote lay dying and around him lay 150 deceased Coyote said to the chief, “Your son’s lives will I claim,” “For the little life you sacrificed, you will all feel my pain.” The chief cut the Coyote’s head and mounted it on high For all those to see as they walked on by If you go there you will see an inscription explaining the reason why They thought, that was the end of the curse and Coyote had to die But the head of Coyote would bring a curse that would make the village cry… To be continued…. ( for P.D. My good friend )