town clothes

 

 

every time

indigenous women

attend the classes i teach

as quest* speakers

i do my best

to don

a town clothes 

get up

 

it makes me feel good

to dress 

for 

the matriarchs

who shape

my life

 

 

 

 

*Miigwech to Dawn McKay for beautifully highlighting this brilliant truth-cum-spelling error as it exists in its’ first iteration in a Facebook status.