The Primitive Is Always With Us / ᎯᎸᎯᏳᎢ ᏂᎪᎯᎸᎢ ᎢᏧᎸ ᎬᏙᏗ

The primitive is always with us,
for better or worse.
From whence comes this power?
The clock shows no hour.

ᎯᎸᎯᏳᎢ ᏂᎪᎯᎸᎢ ᎢᏧᎸ ᎬᏙᏗ,
ᎤᏟ-ᎢᏲᏍᏛ ᎠᎴ ᎡᏍᎦᎢᏴ ᎾᏍᎩᎭᎢ.
ᎭᏢ ᏂᏛᎴᏅᏓ ᏅᎳ ᎯᎠ ᎤᎳᏂᎬᎬ?
ᏩᏥ ᎤᎾᏛᏁᎸᏓᏎ ᏝᎯ ᏑᏟᎶᏛᏁ.

Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler ꮨᏺꭽꮅ.