don't know

people say
it is the new year
but i don't know
today
drags along
like yesterday..
and the day before

2008
i don't know
what that means
but i know
the rains have gone
i hope not gone
too much
because the harvest
will soon be
calling

i don't know
how much
the harvest will bring
father does not say
maybe
i am too stupid
to know

so i don't know

chaul chnam thmey
mother says
will come
after the harvest
i don't know
only a word
i can't read
or write

new year she says
but i really
don't know

e.