Under our ribs our hearts are bloody stars. Shine on shine … - Joy Harjo

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Under our ribs
our hearts are bloody stars. Shine on
shine on, and horses in their galloping flight
strike the curve of ribs.

Joy Harjo

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Joy Harjo (May 9, 1951) is a poet, musician, author and the first Native American United States Poet Laureate.

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her eyes closed against some
unimagined darkness, where she is buried in an ache
in which nothing makes
sense.

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and these mornings since I am a horse running towards
a cracked sky where there are countless dawns
breaking simultaneously.
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and for you
I have broken loose.

Under our ribs our hearts are bloody stars. Shine on shine on, and horses in their galloping flight strike the curve of ribs. - Joy Harjo

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