Waiting for Sherman Alexie



          our keynote speaker is on

          midnight’s minneapolis plane

          autumn stars parsed

          above bismarck airport

          my students liked your novel

          the dean was nervous

          presidential candidates debate

          arnold spirit jr’s two tribe theory

          I’m wearing a yankees cap

          in western north dakota

          like your protaganist

          I’ve been nomadic

          waiting for sherman alexie

          listening to prairie public radio

          tomorrow is columbus day

                                                                 Thomas Stein