January 15, 2024, 06:10 PM
brother lake.
the three sisters.
firemother.
each place was visited by kukutux; she stayed among these trees and the frost-rimed water once the many things had been unloaded at her ulaq and handed out among the village in equal shares.
she sought no bosom; she sought no word.
into the frosted highpoint of the spine did she climb, hip hitching once in pain along the way. but her sacred altar remained; she placed down new fat and a gathering of spruce, a round piece of bison antler and a pawful of red tea.
protection for ariadne nuiruk!
blood, dashed from the pad of her hand;
protection for the one who bears the spirit name of tlatehiin!
red droplets upon red tea;
protection for the small ones beneath her heart!
the wind carried her cries to sedna.
the three sisters.
firemother.
each place was visited by kukutux; she stayed among these trees and the frost-rimed water once the many things had been unloaded at her ulaq and handed out among the village in equal shares.
she sought no bosom; she sought no word.
into the frosted highpoint of the spine did she climb, hip hitching once in pain along the way. but her sacred altar remained; she placed down new fat and a gathering of spruce, a round piece of bison antler and a pawful of red tea.
protection for ariadne nuiruk!
blood, dashed from the pad of her hand;
protection for the one who bears the spirit name of tlatehiin!
red droplets upon red tea;
protection for the small ones beneath her heart!
the wind carried her cries to sedna.