Insomnia
the ghosts come sideways
diagonal
vertical
forwards
backwards
and up from the floorboards
angry fellows
one holds a clock
the other a ring
one a set of keys
two are cradling a marble coffin
and one has my face on a pole
my heart wedged in my mouth
that's a new one, I think to myself
normally he just laughs at me
Christ, don't tell me he's running out of
ideas, too.
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Waiting for you
As we get older
the more things,
pets and people
we know or love
go to their graves
one by one
they leave us
like limbs dropping
from an old trunk
or
you will know
or love someone
who has things,
pets and people
going to their graves
one by one
until it comes
for us, too
until we become
a headshake over
a glass of beer.
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