Monday, December 5, 2022

Pesky Wraith

It would be funny if the dead came back
But not the human dead. Just dogs and cats
Or, better yet, just the ghosts of insects

Or only some kinds of flies. That makes sense.
There is a superabundance of flies.
They can be elusive and flit in clouds.

Maybe among the living flies the ghosts
Make up the preponderance. What about
Coyotes? It’s amazing they still howl

Given how determined your killing’s been.
Any kind suspiciously numerous,
A genus suspiciously speciose

May be made up mostly of revenants.
Oh, what, now you find ghosts ridiculous?

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