FULL MOON ON TOP OF A CHAMPAGNE PALM'S TIP

measure yourself
with the daily-ness of
verse
make it free and let us see
in due time what shape is
there
let us see the shape of
your thoughts

is it a bird free in the air
on wings friendly with the
winds?

have you become too light
even with the bones inside
your flesh?

or a chain of iron eaten by
rust because somehow
you have stored too much
salt in there?