OVER THREE DECADES AGO GOD SENT ME A FRIEND NAMED CLAUDETTE
SHE WAS A BOLT OF ENLIGHTENMENT IN LIVING AND ADVENTURE
LIKE A SISTER AND KINDRED SPIRIT SHE IS ONE I WILL NEVER FORGET
IN MY HEART SHE EARNED A SOULFUL SPIRITUAL HEAVENLY MIXTURE
I COUNT MY BLESSINGS TO HAVE HAD SUCH A CHERISHED CADET
EVERYTHING SHE WOULD PLAN WAS LIKE RECEIVING A STATURE
AS SHE WAS ALWAYS A MENTOR TO ME IN MY FLIBBERTIGIBET
BECAUSE OF HER I BECAME ADVENTUROUS WITHOUT FAILURE
I THANK GOD FOR EMBELLISHING MY LIFE WITH A FLOWERET
FRAGRANCING MY EXISTENCE AS WESTERN COAST PORTRAITURE
HER SPIRIT LIVES WITHIN MY SOUL LIKE A CHEERFUL SONNET
I PRAY IN THANKS FOR HER REQUESTS FOR A CANCER CURE!
LO AND BEHOLD SHE IS DANCING AMONGST THE ANGELS!