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We have a beautiful
mother
Her Hills
are buffaloes
Her buffaloes
hills.



We have a beautiful
mother
Her oceans
are wombs
Her wombs
oceans.



We have a beautiful
mother
Her teeth
the white stones
at the edge
of the water
the summer
grasses
her plentiful
hair.



We have a beautiful
mother
Her green lap
immense
Her brown embrace
eternal
Her blue body
everything
we know.




Alice Walker, in: Jean Shinoda Bolen,
Urgent Message from Mother.
Gather the Women, Save the World,
Conari Press 2005
(Author of 'The Millionth Circle')