Joseph R. McGeshick

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The Indian In The Liquor Cabinet

Imagine another invention crammed into the epistemology
of the tipi

The Indian Health Service requires skeletons on
paper charts

The most honest bar on the rez was a 1964 Ford
Fairlane

Now emancipated drunks drink at the Elks Club and
the Sherman Lounge

And the VFW stands for Very Few Whites
Antiquated and crafted for generations, no magic
here

All the science in the universe crumbles under
myth

That is our weakness

Previously published in The Tributary Magazine, “The Slop Bucket,” Oct. 1996; “The Cold Weather Bus,” Jan. 1997; “Never Get Mad At Your Sweetgrass,” March 1997; publisher Carter G. Walker, P.O. Box 550, Boise, MT 51717.
phati’tude Literary Magazine ISSN: 1091-1480. Copyright © 1997-2009 by The Intercultural Alliance of Artists & Scholars, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this material may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical without permission from the Publisher. See Copyright & Trademark Notice/Terms of Use. The views expressed by authors in phati’tude do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the editors or sponsors.
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