Trigger Warning
Sprinkle my ashes
On a spoonful of ʻōkolehao
And gulp like medicine.
I swear from beyond
You’ll conjure up dreams
Set on ti plant shores
When Kamehameha ruled
And bent-backed haoles
Served the royals.
haoles: Caucasians
ʻōkolehao: spirit fermented from the root of the ti plant