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half moon hawks' dance
Half Moon Hawk 1861?- June 25, 1876
a half moon cast sifting shadows on the plain
the night you clawed your way into the world
you grew strong and had your first kill at 15
your father’s smile made the bison’s warm heart taste even sweeter
before the beast’s hide was dry, they came
bluecoats, making strange sounds across the Little Big Horn
on your horse, beside your brother and a thousand others
you charged up that hill
where you saw his yellow hair,
you hunched slightly on your mount,
took quick aim and...
whoever killed you did not know you
or that your last vision was of a hawk flying past the moon
above the slain carcass of yellow hair
the man whose last sight was of you
killing him
half moon hawks' dance
Half Moon Hawk 1861?- June 25, 1876
a half moon cast sifting shadows on the plain
the night you clawed your way into the world
you grew strong and had your first kill at 15
your father’s smile made the bison’s warm heart taste even sweeter
before the beast’s hide was dry, they came
bluecoats, making strange sounds across the Little Big Horn
on your horse, beside your brother and a thousand others
you charged up that hill
where you saw his yellow hair,
you hunched slightly on your mount,
took quick aim and...
whoever killed you did not know you
or that your last vision was of a hawk flying past the moon
above the slain carcass of yellow hair
the man whose last sight was of you
killing him