from this week in July, 2006 (I was 61)
What Can I Say, Read Bottle Imp First
So now I have a Bright House
upon a hillside somewhat north
of Hononau
Where Stevenson’s Keawe had his
Though Hibiscus Halè is less
lavish
with a veranda but three
quarters round
and fewer toys within
still it brings me joy to share
with my Kokua
and it was not purchased from
the bottle
with wishes expressed to the
imp
It is nevertheless luxurious
enough
by most standards of the world
to challenge the righteousness
of ownership
It seems to want to share
itself
in a hot land often coveted by
personal greed
the contagious cause of the
Chinese Evil
that spreads to devour all it touches
an isolation of complete
abandon
unless one gives back in the spirit of Kokua
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