American Atheneum

Joe Wrobel

Wolf Medicine, Eagle Medicine

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A black silhouette of an eagle gliding above a wolf howling on a rock
Art by Scott Fray

The wolf I wrestle by the ears is me.
The wolf you wrestle by the ears is me.
The wolf invisible in you is you.
The wolf that rises up to me is true.

Eagle medicine is see and be seen
From on high in high sun, nude
On the rim of thou to thou. Queen
Of visions, claims this altitude!