FULL MOON ON TOP OF A CHAMPAGNE PALM'S TIP

he is not a sad man
he knows how to make happiness
in his life he is the bartender
and he quite well knows how to mix
the drinks of his life

he juggles bottles
not one falls
not one is ever broken
no noise is created on the floor
nothing scandalous
no mishaps

neither is he a happy man
he knows his duty to live
this gift of life not his for the taking and the giving up
days are obligations
and too are the years

he has the oath
to live life the way it should be lived
to the brim to the fullest
when the time comes
he puts all the fruits in the basket
glazed and ripe
and offers them all
to the owner of the sky.