GALPA

‘Password, please.’

‘So, I was lost in this big, big banana grove.
I’d no idea how I’d gotten there
or how I would get out.
And then it hit me that
I must eat all the bananas —
the green ones, the yellow ones, the red ones ­—
and I would find the answer in one of them.’

‘Thank you. Welcome to Galpa.’

‘Password, please.’

‘So, I was lost in this big, big banana grove.
It was heaven, I tell you.
I ate all the bananas —
the green ones, the yellow ones, the red ones.
They fed me and I fed them
and we lived happily ever after.’

‘Thank you. Welcome to Galpa.’

‘Password, please.’

‘So, I was lost in this big, big banana grove.
The flowers were tentacles
and the trees dragged their soulless bodies
across the darkness of the moor.
I once caught a glimmer of the moon
and once a glimmer of the sun
and understood that
the only way out was upwards.’

‘Thank you. Welcome to Galpa.’

‘Password, please.’

‘So, I was lost in this big, big banana grove.
It was so cool and so tranquil that
I sat under one of the trees
and closed my eyes just for a moment,
or was it a day or an eon?
I cannot say for sure
but soon I was light with flowers
and laden with fruits
and we danced our slow dance
across the darkness of the moor.’

‘Thank you. Welcome to Galpa.’