Carlos Reyes
	He Dreamed of a land where there were no shadows though the sun shone in a cloudless sky His theory was that in some war or other they were all taken prisoner and marched away You see their remnants in the black and white stripes of prisoners' uniforms in old movies Yupik Shadows There are days in Alaska when there are no shadows That is why often in winter the Yupiks quietly walk through their villages lanterns held high calling chamai chamai The White man thinks it is only wind through the snow drifts It is the Yupiks trying to convince the shadows to return Do Shadows Grow Old? Do shadows age? A Greek poet says yes When they are young shadows are black as octopus ink As they age they grey become diffuse