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Pupu Platter
Pupule
Crazy; reckless; insane.
I came in the house through the front door, leaving my slippahs and umbrella outside. Jay was sitting in front of the TV, eyes glazed as a great white shark flipped a seal around and around in the air before crushing it in its jaws.
“Eh,” he said, as I crossed between him and the TV. “You see that, Zader?”
I ignored him and continued on my way to the voices in the back.
Wow. Looks like a rainforest exploded!
Lili, Mele, Char Siu, and Mom were sitting at the kitchen table sorting through tangles of vines, flowers, and stems. Punkin was standing at the sink, shaking water off ferns, and Aunty Amy, Char Sui’s mom, was wrapping finished leis in plastic bags and setting them in a cooler on the floor.
“Watch out, Zader,” Mom said.
“Yeah,”
