Now That I Knew Fear,

I Am At The Bookstore A Lot, But Let My Friends, The Professional Birchbark Books Staff, Handle The Day In And Day Out.

I Tried Out The Unfamiliar Syllables. They Fit. They Cracked In My Ears Like A Fist Through Ice.

There Is A Legacy Of Violence Against Native Women That Has Gotten Worse And Worse Over Time.

Things Which Do Not Grow And Change Are Dead Things.

You Know, Some People Fall Right Through The Hole In Their Lives. Its Invisible, But They Come To It After Time, Never Knowing Where.