from asthenosphere

julia doughty

i said you always told us
who cares what they say, what they think
be yourself, do your own thing
who are they anyway

rock above gully where water sometimes flows

slipping because there’s already ice
season of yellow grass in colder air

when i am not moving but already going out
to meet you who are coming this way

ten children who speak the language
means it’s not endangered

one hundred elders who speak the language
means it is endangered

the addition of all of us
making up how we know
what to say 

you’ve always managed somehow

make a guess

sometimes i’m just quiet with you

red berried toyon in the canyon

 

                                                                                               

 

 

                                  a friend advised, don’t talk feelings,
                           talk facts