the skins we wore
softened by saliva
sandals woven
in a sandy circle
humanized our footsteps
on the hunt for now
we ate a bread
of every being that lived
ground grass seeds
broken teeth
flesh of our gods
sacred prey
every step
on the land that owned us
between birth and death
holy and full of terror
we sucked at her spiny breasts
we lived
we sang our songs
we waited on morning
by the fragrant hearth
we slept on mats
we made offerings
blood dried on rocks