—one breakfast delight, $2.45 plus tax
The mangoes aren't ripe,
the papayas aren't perfect
and the last tango was in Paris.
Pineapples ripen ever four years,
bananas take seven,
mangoes come twice a year
Pineapples ripen ever four years,
bananas take seven,
mangoes come twice a year
and in Waikiki—home to the spenders of paradise,
no grass hut for John Steinbeck
or anyone else for that matter,
pods of bronzed bodies outnumber
the Hawaiian monk seals before colonization
no grass hut for John Steinbeck
or anyone else for that matter,
pods of bronzed bodies outnumber
the Hawaiian monk seals before colonization
where every season, the season of the tourist.
There is an open season on paradise every two blocks
There is an open season on paradise every two blocks
But the fish still swim in Hanauma Bay,
their bodies drift with the current
like leaves in the wind,
and all is forgiven.
5/23/1983
Oahu, HI
added 9/15/2016
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