Ghost
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Ghost
Ghost
Last year I caught sight of you
at Christmas in the mall, far ahead in the crowd.
I shouted your name.
You turned briefly towards me,
your prominent nose
as recognizable as Mozart’s
in the portrait of him
hung above your basement piano.
You vanished, merging
with the surging crowd.
I pushed my way past
shoulders and handbags, but you were gone.
Even now I catch glimpses of you:
a light flicking past
the kitchen window,
a stirring of air as you brush by.
Or that unforgettable Friday,
the sound of water running
when I got home, the rug
by the tub wet
as if you had just
stepped out.
Last year I caught sight of you
at Christmas in the mall, far ahead in the crowd.
I shouted your name.
You turned briefly towards me,
your prominent nose
as recognizable as Mozart’s
in the portrait of him
hung above your basement piano.
You vanished, merging
with the surging crowd.
I pushed my way past
shoulders and handbags, but you were gone.
Even now I catch glimpses of you:
a light flicking past
the kitchen window,
a stirring of air as you brush by.
Or that unforgettable Friday,
the sound of water running
when I got home, the rug
by the tub wet
as if you had just
stepped out.
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- Location: Between the mountains and the sea
Re: Ghost
Bob, love it.
Suggestion: Santa to replace overused Mozart
Suggestion: Santa to replace overused Mozart
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- Joined: 02 Mar 2016, 18:07
- Location: Between the mountains and the sea
Re: Ghost
I really like this Bob, no nits
it should go to the IBPC this month.
it should go to the IBPC this month.
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Re: Ghost
recalls to me another IBPC poem about this time 4 years ago:
http://ibpc.webdelsol.com/poems/disrobing-the-ghost
Michael (MV)