Chickasaw StoryTeller
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\/__\//\/_ \ \/ \/__\/ /\ An old man sat beneath a tree and told
\ / _\ / \___ \ /_ _ His stories like an elf-man spinning gold.
/_ _\ /_\ / /_ _\/ The staves of time he wove in tapestries
_\/_ \ /_ | \/_ \_Of past events kept in his memories.
__\ /\/_ _\/ / / \/ His gentle speech had those peculiar ways
/_ _\ /\/ _\ | \ Of expression, incomplete to men these days,
_\/_ _\_\/ | \ Whose language is less primitive and raw
\/\ /\/\ / | | Than men like him who first spoke Chickasaw.
\/_ _\/_ _\ ( / His face was somewhat wrinkled, deeply tanned,
/\/\ /\/| / | And frequently he gestured with his hand
_\/_ _\ \ / \ His eyes aglow with visions gone before
\/ \/ | \ / | That by his telling came to life once more.
| \/ | In awe his tales of far-off yesteryear,
\_ / Held spellbound those who often came to hear.
| \ Through time-trancending vision they would see
\ | The landmarks their forefathers knew to be.
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JRO- |__|\_______/ \____|_|
hon R. Oglesbee
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