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Excerpt from
All of us, the Indians, know exactly where we were
when scientists announced that they had found the cure
for cancer. I was eating lunch in the Tribal Cafe
for the third time that week and was only halfway
through my fry bread when the national news broke
into the local news: a white man in a lab coat
stood at a podium porcupined with microphones
and quietly spoke. "We have found that the bone
marrow of Indians, synthesized with a few trace
elements, form a powerful antiviral agent named
Steptoe 123. This agent, when taken orally, will
stop the metastatic growth of tumors and kill
cancer cells...
Sherman Alexie at The Academy of American Poets
The Official Sherman Alexie site
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