Thursday Poem

Reinventing North America

Living on the western edge of Turtle Island
in Shasta Nation
Whose people are native, Euro-, African, Asian, Mestizo,
Pacific and nuevo Americano — Turtle Islanders —
Where the dominant language is still Mexicano
In the Homo sapiens year 50,ooo

by Gary Snyder
from This Present Moment
Counterpoint Books, 2015

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