Long Winter's Night

Long nights at the top of the world

Wrinkled old face with glacial eyes,
sea-glass eyes eons old
crusted over in diamond sesi-sand, lashes
brittle with cold
brush ivory cheeks.

Old Miniitak cracks
his wind whip here-
hear ice knees creaking,
frigid ribs snapping.

Rambunctious old man
huffing with arctic breath
pulls on his polar night cap
as he settles down
to solstice slumber,
earth shaking snores
erupt from deep within his belly,
icy shivers sliver, bleached bones shatter.

Kinguyakkii dreams. Wafting
curtains of color dance to
atmospheric music. Vivid
flowers in a
black, blue and white world.




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Kinguyakki-Inuit word for Northern Lights
Miniitak-Inuit for rugged one.
Sesi-Inuit for snow