How to Make Medicine
A poem about the importance of healing the most undesirable parts of ourselves.
Find a way to heal.
Take red dirt from the road in front of your house and mix it with your own spit.
Stir in the palm of your hand and spread over your wounds.
Sit in the sun and let it bake into your skin and then wait.
Healing takes time.
I said, healing takes time.
This is how you make your own medicine.
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