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some fool's ghost, drumming
on the bureau all night
old j edgar can't sleep
walking in front of the light
footed intruder alert
to one ghost but not the other
completely missing the irony
of my insomnia before my audition
for the part of the ghost in
"Party At The Grand Hotel"
which takes place entirely
in a room rented by an
out-of-work actor
using a credit card he
can't pay off