FULL MOON ON TOP OF A CHAMPAGNE PALM'S TIP

when i visited you
there were four masks on the wall

you said they are from Thailand
gathered from elephantine memories

i like masks. Life becomes a strain of
virus. There is always a choice
what to wear for the occasion.

i could have told you that what
you see now
is a mask of myself

and that all these years you have loved
the mask
rather than the face inside it