Monday, August 8, 2016

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No such thing as ghosts, he said
I ought to know
so long I've been waiting here
world's worn down to a nub
nary a ghost I've seen

I wondered how he'd expect to see one
translucent flickering thing he was
poor remnant on a long-dead husk
orbiting a dimming star
surprised he could see me

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