Weave a basket big enough to hold children, ancestors, old homes, water, food, the weight of memory, fire starter, things to wash with, pots and pans and kids toys, seeds, blankets, a sharp knife, old bones, lost teeth, shells and baby things, a tarp, medicine and a comb, strength, spare parts, extra seeds, something to dig with, rubber bands and string, needles and thread, a hammer and nails, patience, pliers and sticky things, a hatchet and bandages, extra clothes, a slingshot and stones, endurance and more bandages, ballast and floats, and leave enough cracks for things to fall through when they turn to dust

Black ash, reed, palm fiber, horse hair, rocks, floats, pieces of life jacket, stones, tarp 2023-2024