Arthur J. Harvey
(Lakota)
from IT'S NOT QUIET ANYMORE
New Work from the Institute of American Indian Arts
Institute of American Indian Arts Press, PO Box 20007, Santa Fe, NM 87504;
1992
LAKOTA WARRIOR
My Lakota father War hero Drafted at 21 Thrust into obliviance Regimented trained Small skinny In crisp army green Always smiling fresh Tentatively Remembrance Of drunken rage Crying For people Slain Korean children Spookily familiar Like ones Left at home Heat of war Extreme cold Slivers in legs Unconscious memories "hit the deck" My brothers are dead Useles medals Army suit Burned Silver medal Bronze medal Lost Lost blackness Six months He did not complain Only saluted At moment of death.