WHERE WE CAME FROM: When Sandy was 16 he sucked his first
cock. Sperm was frothing out of his mouth, and it formed
bubbles. From seven of these bubbles came forth the Seven
Ancestor Spirits: racooon, sparrow, echidna, starfish,
lemur, crab and moth. They fathered the Seven Clans to which
we all belong.

HOW THE WORLD CAME TO BE: Sandy went out with Rachel so his
dad would think he was normal, but after school he would go
to Tim's house. Once Rachel tried to kiss him but he just
couldn't touch her. She called him a faggot and his face
turned red and he shook and he shook. The earthquake split
the Primal Mountain and formed the Archipelago with the two
great islands where we all live.

WHY IT RAINS: When he was 22, Sandy met Al who was just two
years older than him and in the navy. Al had brown eyes and
when he laughed it was like bells. Sandy melted, melted
away, and ran like water, falling from the clouds upon our
fathers, and making life grow.

WHY THERE IS SILENCE: They fucked, and then lay there
holding each other. They didn't know what to say. Or, maybe,
they didn't want to speak. For this we cut the tongue out of
every newborn, and never say a word. But we write a lot,
and, sometimes, somebody reads us.