After a certain
number of days
without sunshine –
some say twelve
others seventeen to
twenty-one –
the dead
think it’s safe
to come back
the hauntings
begin
and
the suicides
follow.
Psychologists
call it
a disorder
but
it’s really
a dance
and the leads
lure the follows
one step beyond
to swirl off
into space.
Les ames pauvres
who can’t connect
are left behind
to moan
and wonder
if ghosts
can kill
themselves.
Sunday, December 21, 2008
