Moon

[Originally posted on sceadugenga.com, September 8, 2020]

She painted the sky with stars, hands aglow with the dust of aeons.

“It’s the best medium for art, really,” she insisted, though the Raven didn’t need convincing. He’d played a bit with light himself after it burned him black. Dangerous, absolutely. But there was nothing quite like stardust for conveying vast, open space, nothing that came close.

He nodded and winked while deciding what the next trick he might play on her brother, Wolf.

She returned the wink. “Here’s an idea that might help…” she started.


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6 responses to “Moon”

  1. erroneouschoices Avatar

    My stupid fingers press things they don’t want to. I blame my fingernails lol

    1. michael raven Avatar

      No worries. 💙

  2. steveforthedeaf Avatar

    I love this. Is there more?

    1. michael raven Avatar

      At the time it was written, I was obsessed with nano-fiction and -poetry.

      So, sadly, no.

      Based on the content, it was inspired by the stories of the NW Coastal tribes that I picked up while living in Seattle in the 90s.

      1. steveforthedeaf Avatar

        Cool. I know almost nothing about that topic. But I wanna

        1. michael raven Avatar

          I wish I could recommend a resource, but I found most of the books on the subject at the time to be kind of a mishmash that didn’t do a good job of respecting the various tribes’ traditions and just combined them. I think the internet might have corrected that by now, so I can take a look to see if I can find reliable sources later and let you know if I find anything.

          Most of what I learned that was reliable was from the streets and from the stores run by Native Americans. Or my boss, when he was in the mood to talk to this white boy about such things.

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