Memories of Hawaii
I had gone to Hawaii with my paternal grandmother after I had graduated high school in 1980. These two poems were written sometime afterward - I'm guessing that same year. Banya Twisted hands move slowly outstretched and wrapped around each other tied and embraced forming a trunk My Hat Everyone admired the pile of grass I bought Originality and personality is what I ’ ve got I put it on my head so everyone would know It says a lot about me everywhere I go