The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller
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Gone Native
Don’t we all spring from this earth?
I am native to this Earth
and to the particular places
where I’ve been known to roam
and even to act so wildly
a frightened onlooker
might call me a savage.
I’ve never gone native
because I simply am native,
right down to my naked soul
underneath these clothes,
so joyfully at home
in my body.