He limped into the Indian clinic
And then he limped back out.
He was there for his regularly scheduled dental cleaning,
And nobody asked him about that open sore on the back of his leg.
Wounded knees are hereditary around here.

But when they called him to remind him to come back in
Six months from now,
He had already gone septic and given up the ghost,
Like Jesus did,
Even before anyone could poke him with a spear.

But they just said, "Well,
That's one less NDN
To keep on the books here
For the feds to take care of."

-jenn