Dinner with friends

today, i was struck by my friends
who all seemed so alive and so lost
they find laughter in hints of humor
i wonder why they laugh like they need to.

heavily laced with evocations of indecency
it tests our natural boundaries
passing pricks converted to smiles
as if acknowledging the evil inside us.

I was there smiling but was i really?
i felt i was sensing laughter echoing through hills
spicy aromas of exotic foods, clattering forks
while i was tasting the dawn dew of the forest.

they wear glowing transparent masks
being just successful, existing and happy
living on, as it may be their path
until they find their raison d'etre.


note: Dinner at Thai Wok.