Shi-shi-etko by Nicola I. Campbell & Kim LaFave

Author:Nicola I. Campbell & Kim LaFave
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-10-26T20:54:35+00:00

They were almost home

when cousins, aunties and uncles

and the rhythmic tap of

Yayah’s old cedar cane

could be heard through the trees.

“Mother! Father! They’re here!”

Shi-shi-etko ran to greet her family.

Sunlight, wood smoke

and scents of barbecued

sockeye salmon

filled the air.

Dishes clattered,

footsteps pitter-pattered,

and laughter echoed from tree to tree.

Afterwards in the late-night silence, tucked safely under Yayah’s patchwork quilt, In the morning when Shi-shi-etko woke, the sky was changing,

Shi-shi-etko counted her fingers.

navy to brilliant blue.

“There are only one, two, three more sleeps She lay listening to the cool autumn breeze until I go to school.”

sing morning songs.

Soft… drum… heart… beats.

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