FULL MOON ON TOP OF A CHAMPAGNE PALM'S TIP

to be a poet is to be
a soul

to deny the body
of
its place
on earth is what
the soul
asserts

to be a body
again
when you fall
short of
something divine
inside
you
that undeniable
force
that drives you crazy
when you write

in that trance the body
whips upon itself
the pain from which
the soul dances with
so much
joy