THE LOVER OF MAPS BY SHERMAN ALEXIE
She unfolds and folds me
directs me
to an exact place
on the reservation
where nothing is ever written down.
She tells me
our stories are maps
told on a scale
larger than can be held
by our clumsy hands.
She unfolds and folds me
directs me
to an exact place
on the reservation
where nothing is ever written down.
She tells me
our stories are maps
told on a scale
larger than can be held
by our clumsy hands.