you weren't never no indian

you smudged my house
evil spirits you said
and i think they heard you
talking like that

i let you stay
sage smelled good
green dust
like lichen

light enters 
all the cracks here
my house, my temple, me
weren’t never no evil ones

your words all tumbled 
round like marbles in your mouth
rolling like smoke
smoke round the bottom 
of my feet
circle my chest 
   chakra
         chakra
               chakra chant
        chakra 
 crown
      chakra
             chakra can’t

you weren’t never no indian
i said
i was tomorrow, you said
waving your stick
you lied but
they let you stay