Hannah Banana

Hannah

Banana

It’s gna

get worse

with age and time

what wrinkles may come

in the head and the heart

as friends and lovers

do soon depart

to make room for another

bunch of brothers and sisters.

Hannah banana

It’s gna get better

because people who stay

would never settle

for anything less

than the heart of a poet

and the haircut of Elvis.

O’Hara quoting goddess

oh please tell me this:

Where did you learn to love like that?

To wear your heart on your sleeve

And your pain as a mild peeve

How much space is there

that it fits 80 people on Halloween

and one Hamlet dissing queen.

Your name is a mirror.

In my language it says inverted things

where ‘Han’ means yes

And ‘nah’ means no

and right down the middle

is perhaps an inverted being

with a booming laugh

and the politest shade.

Didn’t Kant say

‘No Straight Thing Was Ever Made’?

All sharp edges in nature

come from being broken

It takes time to be

rounded into gentleness

So take time dear one

35, 47 and hopefully soon 51

Let changes shape you every year

Every day a softer day

for my darling - happy birthday !