Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Russian Roulette, Indian Style


Sara Littlecrow-Russell

Russian Roulette
Indian style,
Is the spinning cylinder
Of a 500-year-old gun
With 5 out of 6 chambers loaded.

Each bullet
Has a different name—
Alcohol
Disease
Poverty
Violence
Assimilation.

Survival is finding the name
Of the empty chamber.