We were in the same class at Chinese medical college. D's a wonderful human being - intelligent, kind, and thoughtful.

alchemist, healer, green man, reveler indeed
well-named shamanic friend, arcane mentor:
one can either while endless hours away with
glasses of la fée verte, ambrosias quite as fine
and thou, or learn in an afternoon a lifetime's tips
from thee for greater health, vim, vigor and vivacity!

ol' pal, like dionysus of yore thy lore is archetypal stuff
of which sorcerers' dreams and divine visions are made
as traveled as shiva in the east became bacchus in the west
so too thy knowledge and wisdom spans our pacific rim
combining both eastern wisdom and western pragmatics:
may ever more others benefit from thy generous gifts!

will BHR