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PROTECTION
Poem by Teyekahliyos Edwards
All of us, unified like hip hop
and sweetgrass
into thunder.
Tying the tier.
On clenched fists, a stretch
skulls braided as one.
Our seven dancers and you,
Protecting another
into the maze
within a universe of new life.
(Imitation poem of “Shelter” by Heather Cahoon)
Teyekahliyos Edwards is currently a student at the Institute of American Indian Arts.
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