The Red, Red Wood


A spider is
on the violin bow.
Sitting, thinking
of the musical holes in
the space of the red, red wood.
His infinite world
is full of deep thoughts
(all spidery thoughts)
That revolve
‘round and ‘round;
Like the web that he weaves; 
like the air that he breaths.
The thoughts that are full
of only his needs; 
only his wants, to
feel the pleasure
and delight he feels,
When the bow strikes
'cross the strings
Pulled over the holes
in that red, red wood.
written by Oniena Onda, A Wyandotte Woman
Copyright ©2002
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Picture taken in October, 2002
James, an Inupiat Eskimo who lives in Kotzebue, Alaska
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