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or divide them like socialists
when you can ignore them
like wise men? "
Natalie Clifford Barney
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| Crown, Pandas, Jewels. Who is TS? |
The story of Hawaii
is composed of many
Stories, and chapters
of Arrival.
In the mists of mythos
before the time of men
the little people,
the Menehune came.
Industrious, and one with nature,
they improved the isles
with fishponds [for aquaculture]
Walls, and terraces.
Some say they hide
in the hills to this day,
claiming even to
have seen them!
The first human Hawaiians,
Polynesian voyagers
in sailing canoes,
lived an idyllic eden
that ended to some extent
with the second wave of
Polynesian migration
bringing the KAPU [taboo]
system, and strict castes,
including wise [and fearsome]
holy men, and warriors.
Kamehameha of the Big Island
conquered all the main islands
[except Kauai, treaty]
in the years after
western contact,
and built a strong nation
to weather colonial times.
Missionaries,
plantation workers from
China, Japan, Puerto Rico,
the Azores,
American business men,
plantations. . . .
Ultimately wrested it all away
from Hawaiian sovereignty.
During the 70's & 80's
Japan was ascendant
and made it's mark
on Hawaii real estate.
Today,
it appears to be
the Chinese
buying mansions in Kahala
and waving the Panda
[with a crown, and emerald,
and a T S wreathed]
Don't you want to know
the story?
Who lives behind this fence?
[or more likely visits from time to time]
[or more likely visits from time to time]
Where did they get their $$$$$$?
We'll never know them,
because they are behind
a gate.
Not a friendly, come on in
and set a spell
ranch fence.
That one looks electrified!
And then there's the
language barrier.
{Teresa Translator,
when will you be here
for a visit?}
Linking to Good Fences
Thank YOU
for coming right in!
Fondly, cloudia
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