Thursday, July 7, 2011





long long ago
when i was a god

the atacameño people
from so. america
brought me 
the spider flowr
with th ceibo 
and cantuta 

i likd their maize 
they hoped i wuld 
grant a rich harvest

but my powers are so small
just tricks, really

very few 
of their peopl remain 
no one still speaks 
the kunza language 
not since 1930 or so

but the flowr survives
and maize
and their names for villages
like calama which means 
town in the midle of the water

they do not
remembr me