The Dead Indian

The Dead Indian, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

as little kids
red indians and cowboys
comics we read
injun gringo
fodder they fed
it was aways
the red indians
bad guys
the goody good
white cowboys
shot dead
on the soul of Hiawatha
tears that bled
sons of the soil
now in reservations
no feathers on their head
the body languishes
the dead soul fled


to benn bell