The Tale of the White-Tailed Deer
as told by a wise Navaho Shamanski

My friend Never-Falls-in-the-Dark walks in a bar.
He carries a white bow and white arrows.
Upon being asked by the white barman

why his weapons are painted white
the Injun answers, Hugh! I'm blind
and starts whirring an eagle by its tail feathers.

Inquired again why he does this he replies,
Oh I'm using him to look around.
He spreads his large white turkey feathers,

takes a running start when the barman
notices the white soles on the Indian's moccasins.
He stops him and queries why the painted soles.

The answer comes to better see at night.
Dumfounded the white man asks the native,
How do you that? The reply comes swiftly.

At night earth is dark, First People use their feet
to light their paths. Well, this is an Injun tale
and their seeing with their soles tells you

how bright they are.
What this got to do with the white-tailed deer
is that the buck illuminates the trails with his arse

so that white people could aim during the night at
moving targets and wouldn't use double-dipped
toilet paper to cleanse their corrupt souls.

Alex Nodopaka

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