at the Basement Rock Show
The last time I was there,
And she talked about ghosts
What about a ball of light
Later that night, I could not fall asleep
I was thinking about the spirit
in the half -breed's graveyard
And the picture on the wall,
How in his sleep her grandpa
cursed the white men in his language
more embarrassed than afraid,
became the sound of women laughing.
I propped up my head in the darkness,
I reread a photocopied interview
of the man in the photograph.
Worst progress administration.
Here is some of what he said
I am a Greek -Indian, born in 1886
Four miles east of Hanna, Oklahoma
My father's name was Willie Cotterly
My mother's name, it was Polly Watson,
And she belonged to a ladies' society.
She was a Baptist, so was my father,
And I myself am a Baptist minister.
Very few creeks had plows or a wagon.
If you had a plow, pony, shovel, or a wagon,
It was no lie if you called
Farms those days were five or six acres
Born and planted, three kernels to a hill
you could always have some
The woods were full of wild
and we had to pay the bills
She would pay the blacksmith,
Groups would form and cut a lot of wood
that the doctors needed done
have a great significance
Iceberg tip, the hull on the ship
There's an awful lot of love
that's gotta make a little
have a great significance
Iceberg tip, the hull on the ship,
there's an awful lot of love
that's gotta make a little
have a great significance.
Iceberg tip, the hull on the ship,
there's an awful lot of love
that's gotta make a little
have a great significance.
Iceberg tip, the hull on the ship,
there's an awful lot of love
that's gotta make a little
have a great significance
Iceberg tip, the hull on the ship,
there's an awful lot of love
that's gotta make a little
have a great significance
Iceberg tip, the hull of the ship,
there's an awful lot of love
that's gotta make a little
have a great significance
Iceberg tip, the hull of the ship,
there's an awful lot of love
that's gotta make a little
have a great significance
Iceberg Tip, the hull on the ship
There's an awful lot of love
that's gotta make a little
have a great significance
Iceberg Tip, the hull on the ship
There's an awful lot of love
that's gotta make a little
have a great significance
There's iceberg tips all on the ship
There's an awful lot of love
that's gotta make a little difference