Blue can of steel 
What promise do you hold? 
Salt flesh so ripe 
Can of metal, slick 
Soft center, so cool, moistening 

I yearn for your salt 
Twist, pull the sharp lid 
Jerks and cuts me deeply but 
Spam, aah, my poultice 
Silent, former pig 
One communal awareness 
Myriad pink bricks 
. 
Clad in metal, proud 
No mere salt-curing for you 
You are not bacon 
And who dares mock Spam? 
You? you? you are not worthy 
Of one rich pink fleck 
. 
Like some spongy rock 
A granite, my piece of Spam 
In sunlight on my plate 
Little slab of meat 
In a wash of clear jelly 
Now I heat the pan 
. 
Oh tin of pink meat 
I ponder what you may be: 
Snout or ear or feet? 
. 
In the cool morning 
I fry up a slab of Spam 
A dog barks next door 
Pink tender morsel 
Glistening with salty gel 
What the hell is it? 
Ears, snouts and innards 
A homogeneous mass 
Pass another slice 
Old man seeks doctor 
"I eat Spam daily", he says. 
Angioplasty 
Highly unnatural 
The tortured shape of this "food" 
A small pink coffin 
Pink beefy temptress 
I can no longer remain 
Vegetarian 

Mere words could not adequately 
express how I feel for you . 
You are the light in my life. 
You are the Voice of Reason in my life. 

You are the cure to all my fears and tears. 
It's all because of YOU. 
I sometimes wonder how something 
so special could happen to me. 

I sometimes wonder if my love for you is real. 
I sometimes wonder if this is fate, destiny and or karma. 
Then, I realize all these feelings deep inside of me is TRUE. 
It's all because of YOU. 
 

You taught me to smile often 
You taught me to be strong 
You taught me how to love 
You taught me togetherness 
It's all because of YOU. 
 

Because of YOU, I believe in YOU. 
I believe in our LOVE. 
I believe we can move mountains. 
I believe nothing is impossible 
It's all because of YOU. 
 

I thank God each day for all the blessings he has bestowed to ME. 
I thank my lucky stars for guiding you to me. 
I believe my destiny is being fulfilled 
It's all because of YOU. 
 

You are my morning dew when I wake up 
You are my malakis when i am feeling down 
You are my voice of reason when in doubt 
You are the my sunshine when it is gloomy. 
It's all because of YOU. 
 

Dedicated to Pappa with all my love.