“THE STORY OF THE GILAK MONSTER” or “Love Notes in the Bathroom”

Posted by ned on February 26th, 2009 filed in Out of my mind...

 

A woman wove a basket.

the 1^st basket

For earrings, beads and comb.

she thought

“It had never been done”

and then

quail woman –> Sister

               “Might I weave a basket”

                “Yes I think so.

                                    It’s dangerous.”

                           Something could happen.

                                      Be careful.

Swan Woman –> quail woman

            “Yes. Do it. Be careful. I can protect you.

                        From dry ones. And water ones

                                                , but not flying ones.”

She began -

            Snakes, water ripples, quail crest

                        (feather from quail woman)

   quail woman made LARGE basket

       I                        for her husband for his relatives

       I                                            ’–> hawk

       ‘ –> but then she was sorry, felt bad

because her husband was adulterous

she finished and ran away

                       left red tracks

                             on track on rocks on land

                                          in the water

“he will follow me.”

(You’re the most amazing man

I’ve ever known.

How did I find you? Why did you choose

me? Sometimes I stare at you, almost

in disbelief, and I just have to reach

out and touch you. Make sure it’s real.

               I love you so much.)

                  but he didn’t.

she took it in the river

        and floated away

    “I wish my children will fall asleep

                and I’ll send a dream to come to me.”

      dry meat, acorns for them to eat

She floated

          Monsters came to her

                ”     entranced

She landed on the shore

                    ”Where now?”

                               N

                           W  +   E

                                S

Gilak Monster flew and saw her and

                       took her to his home in the mountains

                 fast, loud

ginty gitty gitty gitty ginny

     his brother opened the flap on the front

                                       door

    he wore his sister

  yawning sharp teeth

Gilak - man, woman, children

ginty gitty gitty gitty ginny

      drops people though the hole

             she chews them and spits them out

a bear, two snakes, a watchman - one eye

              Gilak gouged his other eye

                               ‘cause he slept

“next time I’ll take out the other eye”

one legged brother he forgot to set the trap

            “next time, the other”

if the bear, snakes would be asleep

      the trap would break your back

Hawk’s wife was brought here

      but not the hole

      but through the door

  “take care of her for me”

Hawk man cried “I’ll get her back”

(You’ve got me lost in you.

I’m kissing memories and

  making love to mystery

oceans away. Us set spinning

on a globe… two little souls

within one another’s dream…

I am yours and the miles

  make me ache with

         heart glow for

              your face…)

Grandpa Coyote said “no - Gilak will kill you.

                                             you can’t beat them”

Hawk didn’t listen

He rolled in the dirt and grew feathers

 flew, bow + arrow

   flew

rubbed off his feathers

    crept to the door

the trap got him, swung him to the

          center post, broke his back

brother threw him to his sister

     who opened her legs

          ate him

          spit him out

and grandpa coyote man cried