Certainly I'm Angry At The Way Indians

I Thought I’d Been Condescended To As An Indian - That Was Nothing Compared To The Condescension For Writing Y.a.

I'm A Poet Who Can Whine In Meter

Can You Hear The Dreams Crackling Like A Campfire? Can You Hear The Dreams Sweeping Through The Pine Trees And Tipis? Can You Hear The Dreams Laughing In The Sawdust? Can You Hear The Dreams Shaking Just A Little Bit As The Day Grows Long? Can You Hear The Dreams Putting On A Good Jacket That Smells Of Fry Bread And Sweet Smoke? Can You Hear The Dreams Stay Up Late And Talk So Many Stories?

They've Been Screaming About The Death Of Literacy For Years, But I Think Tv Is The Gutenberg [printing] Press. I Think Tv Is The Only Thing That Keeps Us Vaguely In Democracy Even If It's In The Hands Of The Corporate Culture. If You're An Artist You Write In Your Time. Moaning About The Fact That Maybe People Read More Books A Hundred Years Ago - That's Not True. I Think The Same Percentage Has Always Read.

If It's Fiction, Then It Better Be True.