Mesa Verde
Mesa Verde home of Ancestral
Puebloans
Nestled on cliffs
with small rectangular windows
They climbed ladders
to get up to their dwellings
Far above pinyon-juniper,
yucca, cactus, sage
Nestled on the cliffs
with small square windows
Many rooms for storage,
sleeping, and daily living
Low roofs and narrow
passages for small people
Round underground kivas,
social or spiritual uses
They climbed ladders
to get up to the dwellings
Must have had amazing
stamina to live so high up
Mothers ground grains
with stone metate and man0
While minding toddlers,
near 1,000-foot drop-offs
Far above pinyon-juniper,
yucca, cactus, sage
Fathers fought,
hunted, planted gardens
Now tourists from all
over the world gawk
What would the ancients
think about that?
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