Another Year

Mandy-Pandy's getting old,

might I be so straight &  bold

as to say, on this birthday-

nice or not, it's here to stay..

..Many-Pandy's getting young.

Do U think I am quite gung-

-ho, to bring this very thing,

to our conversationing?

4 she grows in graciousness

every day she lives to bless

neighbours, friends & patients 2,

not to mention "Family Zoo";

grows more like a little child

who is living free & wild;

(not a despot, self-centred;)

weeping/glad, still undeterred.

I'm glad you are my sister.

U remind me of Lister(*).

Many things invisible

act like they're invincible..

..yet are not, & quickly fall

when their "cover's blown" to all,

and the love U've shown will be

what is needed to set free,..

..to disprove purposelessness

and to help us all confess

we see in Ur thoughtfulness

more than power & cash can guess.

26Feb2012

*Joseph Lister, who (while being made fun of by the medical fraternity) found and used antiseptic to kill the invisible "germs" he postulated (at first from Pasteur's reckoning, but after a while from his own corroborating evidence as well)