in the season of monarchs
when the grasshopper flies
upon the prairie
i crossed Walnut Creek, Trail Creek,
 Uncle John Creek, Winter Camp Creek,
and entered the Cheyenne-Arapaho Nation

Medicine Man Moses called on spirits
 of south-east, south-west, north-west,
 north-east, and the Great Spirit of the East
breathe through us sacred winds

Later, Moses blessed the drum
which would serve as altar
and we broke fry-bread together