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THE GOATHERD, Silver~ODIN VI |
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Jan 22 07, 14:05
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Ornate Oracle
Group: Praetorian
Posts: 9,313
Joined: 27-August 04
From: Bariloche, Argentine Patagonia
Member No.: 78
Real Name: Sylvia Evelyn Maclagan
Writer of: Poetry & Prose
Referred By:David Ting
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THE GOATHERD
The old Mapuche, head bent against southern breeze, drives his last goats up the hill, not bothering to shut the slatted door of his adobe hut, since there is nothing left for prowlers to scent.
A rumble of stones breaks his solitude: an elegy of un-love sung by centuries. When evening glooms icy paths on the slopes, he’ll be a shadow of shades in the glimmer of wasted moons - maybe a little salted meat will warm his aching guts.
The old Mapuche is a handful of pebbles weeping tears of stone on ancient dawns. His face, a mistrustful grimace, vain hope and wishes that prevail in a muted soul. His lips have been sealed by phantom kisses of endless betrayal.
Pilgrim of hoarfrost gendered in glaciers, he only knows spirits of trees and snows. There’s no heart that dreams him nor is there a love in his memory.
Mother Rock, Father Sky, Lanín -his sleeping Vulcan god- and brown Patagonian steppes feast his mind and timeless eye.
By Psyche
*Mapuche: Original dwellers of Patagonia. Mapu=earth, che=people, therefore: Earth People.
Còpyright: Sylvia Maclagan, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2007.
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"There is no life higher than the grasstops Or the hearts of sheep, and the wind Pours by like destiny, bending Everything in one direction."
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