FULL MOON ON TOP OF A CHAMPAGNE PALM'S TIP

do not let me remember
kindergarten

make me remember father
with his pipe talking to his
workers in the fields

one rainy day when they have
to rush
to cover the grains of rice

when they have to drive the horses
back
to the comfort of their stables

do not let me remember the babbling
of my mouth

that baby whom mama left for the
house-help to silence.