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1. "To pray you open your whole selfTo sky, to earth, to sun, to moonTo one whole voice that is youAnd know there is moreThat you can't see, can't hearCan't know except in momentsSteadly growing, and in languagesThat aren't always sound but otherCircles of motion.Like eagle that Sunday morningOver Salt River. Circled in blue skyIn wind, swept our hearts cleanWith sacred wings.We see you, see ourselves and knowThat we must take the utmost careAnd kindness in all things.Breathe in, knowing we are made ofAll this, and breathe, knowingWe are truly blessed because weWere born, and die soon within aTrue circle of motion,Like eagle rounding out the morningInside us.We pray that it will be doneIn beauty.In beauty." ~ Joy Harjo
2. "Alive. This music rocksme. I drive the interstate, watch faces come and go on eitherside. I am free to be sung to;I am free to sing. This womancan cross any line." ~ Joy Harjo
3. "There is no poetry where there are no mistakes." ~ Joy Harjo
4. "I know I walk in and out of several worlds each day." ~ Joy Harjo
5. "I was born with eyes that can never close..." ~ Joy Harjo
6. "I release you, my beautiful and terrible fear. I release you. You were my beloved and hate twin, but now, I don't know you as myself" ~ Joy Harjo
7. "Someone accompanies every soul from the other side when it enters this place. Usually it is an ancestor with whom that child shares traits and gifts" ~ Joy Harjo
8. "A story matrix connects all of us. There are rules, processes, and circles of responsibility in this world. And the story begins exactly where it is supposed to begin. We cannot skip any part." ~ Joy Harjo
9. "In Isleta the rainbow was a crack in the universe. We saw the barest of all life that is possible. Bright horses rolled over and over the dusking sky." ~ Joy Harjo
10. "My generation is now the door to memory. That is why I am remembering." ~ Joy Harjo
11. "Those of fire move about the earth with inspiration and purpose. They are creative, and can consume and be consumed by their desires [...] My father-to-be was of the water and could not find a hold in the banks of earthiness. Water people can easily get lost." ~ Joy Harjo
12. "I listen to the gunfire we cannot hear, and begin this journey with the light of knowing the root of my own furious love." ~ Joy Harjo

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Caring about the welfare of children and shaming parents are mutually exclusive endeavors."
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