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he played injun in gods country

where boys proved themselves clean

dumb beasts who could cut fire

out of the whitest1 sand

he played english across the trail

where girls turned plum wild

garlic and strained words

through the window of night

he spoke through numb lips and

breathed frontier2

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Jordan Abel

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translated from the Greek written by
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