Navajo Men...

Navajo Men
by johnny rustywire


way out here
on the rez
this cold
November morning
freezing some say
the old phone line
is working today
singing wires
calling
slow it is
like a snail
searching
for an old photo
of old navajo men
standing out there
somewhere
just
to take a look
tapping the name
navajo men
navajo men
old rusty wire
carry the words
out there
somewhere
who am i
looking for
one picture
navajo men
navajo men
search the words
up they came
from all over the world
some looked
pueblo
hopi
some plains indians
dressed in feathers
buckskin
some were cowboys
small letters
told me
these are
navajo
men
links to stories
old legends
broken twisted tales
in fine print
there just below
there in black and white
were the letters
phd
writers
old teachers
some missionaries
wno came to the navajo
came to the rez
there were many
tourist types
you know
old photos for you
just type in a number
from a plastic card
we will show you
after you pay
all you want to know
about these
old ones
navajo men
navajo men
they
stand
there
looking at me
blank stares
dressed
in
what
they
wore
that
day
navajo men
navajo men
thought
to get up
head down
to the store
wherea a lens
stole them
away
they
just
stood
there
click
click
went on
to haul water
to sit and visit
old che'
grandfather some say
little kids
shaa alchine'
sanis'
old grandmas too
stolen
locked
away

sold
sold
another day
so it goes with
the navajo
the children
the sanis
the che's
all of them
all
called
navajo men
navajo men

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