FULL MOON ON TOP OF A CHAMPAGNE PALM'S TIP

A REUNION WITH HIGH SCHOOL BUDDIES

since there is no electricity
we build fire
from dry leaves, and coconut husks
and palms
and driftwood

we go back to recalling the past again
the boyhood days

just a few of us who think that life
to be lived must be
in every moment

colorful lives, aged, mellowed,
and still not careful with words

one still talks a lot about his women
others merely have a good time laughing.