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Dreams of the Shaman

Dreams of the Shaman 
David J Walker

It was the Prairie version of Eden
In the evening light 
Awaiting the day exposing the
Cover of Buffalo Grass 

Its flag-like banners of male flower
Flying in the morning dew
Guarding the female blooms 
Hidden amongst the leaves 
Rounded and burr-like but not spiny

The fauna is dense but unseen
Prairie Dogs bark out warnings to the
Burrowing Owls competing with foxes
hunting field mice

Cougars patrol the canyons for 
Passing Elk following the water

Wolves stalk Bison
Claiming the lame, 
the young, and the old

Tens of thousands of Sunrise pass
Before Adam arrives with his Eve 

Abiding in the canyons of Artesian Springs
Living in harmony off the land

Awaiting the changes in the 
Dreams of the shaman
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