Ivory

There is a legend
Of an elephant burial
Ground in Africa where
Elephants travel to die a
Sort of pachyderm Kensal
Green a vast treasure in ivory
Which reminds me of blonds in
Black as a motif for Southern
California where big smiles
Flash ivories of a dental
Derivation between the
Palms and beaches
In this new Kensal
Palomino south
Of L.A. where
So so many
Women
Are blonds
With perfect
Sets of ivories.
Here the redhead
Stands out as unique,
I heard one stylish thirtyish
Daughter criticize her mother
As having hair too deep
A red for a woman of
Her age eliciting no
Response other
Than a slight
Smile and
Faraway
Look
From her
Redheaded
Mother whose
Hair color matched
Her doggy at her side
Both with perfect ivories
An irony too cute not
To comment on in
A poem about
The folks in
Southern
LA LA land.