byAngelina Sarsficio
- Roadrunner, roadrunner
- Where are you running to?
- Fast you are, but I've seen you.
- What did you do? That's why you're looking around.
- Are you looking for me?
- . . . I'm standing over here.
FromWhen it Rains: Papago and Pima Poetry edited by Ofelia Zepeda, University of Arizona Press, Sun Tracks Vol. 7,
© 1982 Angelina Sarsficio.This poem is also available in the 'O'odham language.