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[canto_xiii]

How can you buy or sell the sky, the warmth of the land? That idea is
strange to us.
If we do not own the freshness of the air and the sparkle of the water,
how can you buy them?

Every part of this earth is sacred to my people.
Every shining pine needle, every sandy shore, every mist in the dark
woods, every clearing and humming insect is

Comments

[viola_ness]

that's probably one of my favorite pieces of literature ever

[hecates_wings]

Did Baldwin read that to us in eighth grade? I feel like I cried the first time I read it.

[black_rozez]

i feel sad that this entry only got two comments, when other crap entries get among the 7 range.

[inthemangotrees]

what's that called/who's it by?

ahh i want to print it out and tape it somewhere.

[inthemangotrees]

j/k, i just got the link. I thought Seattle was...a place?