SENECA JOURNAL 2
a boy who had lived with
his
grandfather
those old days when witches
killed off the rest had learned
to hunt
&
taking
's first deer the song
became a great "solemnity"
now could hunt like a man
but warned him
not to be going toward the east
deceitful women lived there
would kill him (which the boy did
eagerly first found a hollow tree
The Great White Beaver
home of raccoons
&
stripped naked
due
down in that tree hole
with a stick he scooped them out
&
turned
&
as the dream
had told him he saw upon a log seated
with legs apart a naked woman
just a girl her first words brought him
halfway down tree her next
enticed him to the far end of
the log
&
when he moved
beside her would tell him
stories of wonders magic powers
sleep had overcome him
&
put him in a bag across her shoulder
woke at
his
grandfather's
she had him point to something
he could remember
an old kettle set on poles
