Thunderbird Moon

New Moon  March 18, 2026

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It is certain they land on me the thunderbirds across my existence        

            —Sung by Gegwejiwebinan (“Trial Thrower” in Ojibwe), 1908

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I give you my face for this moment

before it returns to atoms & light

while you, miracle of calm, evanesce

wholly present in life’s unsated immolation

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