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Perhaps the World Ends Here by Joy Harjo
The world begins at a kitchen table. No matter what, we must eat to live.
The gifts of earth are brought and prepared, set on the table. So it has been since creation, and it will go on.
We chase chickens or dogs away from it. Babies teethe at the corners. They scrape their knees under it.
It is here that children are given instructions on what it means to be human. We make men at it, we make women.
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Joy Harjo (1951-) is a poet, musician, and playwright. She was appointed the United States poet laureate in June 2019, and is the first Native American poet laureate appointed in the history of this institution. She is a member of the Muscogee/Creek Nation and belongs to Oce Vpofv.
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Joy Harjo (1951-) is a poet, musician, and playwright. She was appointed the United States poet laureate in June 2019, and is the first Native American poet laureate appointed in the history of this institution. She is a member of the Muscogee/Creek Nation and belongs to Oce Vpofv.