Monday, April 22, 2024

SÉANCE

Would it be 
more odd 
or less 

if the dead 
did not 
leave us? 

Anyone's 
guess. But
my sense is:

a ghost 
at my disposal 
who always 

stayed the same; 
who always 
remained 

in the place 
I expected;
who never

changed clothes,
or the expression
on its face 

since the day
I watched it
pass 

would have to be 
the absolute last 
thing on Earth 

I would ever 
seek out to ask 
for advice.