happy happy happy, Happy Happy to you
to men and women who want and are weary
to you and above you may the Happy drape

to Dr. Starr, with yer brain teasers and sleight-of-hand tips,
your legs so svelte and hair so slick, this one is for you:
thank you dearly for making a chum outta me

and I, laughing humbly
and you, consoling me
assuring me I subtract like 9/10 mathemagicians do
& believe yolk is the plain jane white stuff of eggs
& pronounce m-a-c-h-i-n-e like an Irish surname

thank you for stressing that if we do what we love, 
as you do, we’ll surely get to stay a little bit longer

and Happy Happy to you, kind human!
tonight we celebrate with a road rally down 87th!
I’ll sit atop the peak of the hill at Amelia, wearing brown 
crocs embellished with bugs bound in golden goo,
and I’ll join my lagomorph buds, basking in the unwavering
zeal of living the day-to-day, Happy to know you exist