Levity, for a ghost's sake
and what is a ghost
if it won't return the
humanity to laugh at it.
I mean come on I'm
snapped out now
- look at what I made me do
forever cursed
with the shower spray
hot on the small of my back
palm smearing down my face
til the bottom lip
peels over my chin
bad behaviour is cartoonish
and it deserves an appropriate
response
they found me, 14,
at my cousin's wedding
laughing at my reflection
in the toilet
it was the exception
not the rule
I've had fun and
I've had nights
blinking in the mirror
until my pupils
return to their
rightful size
so, then, the role is this
and it is now it is
licking my finger
and dabbing at goldfish crumbs
it is rubbing more
grease into the table,
cleaning makes it worse, let's
look around for more things to clean.
licking my finger and dabbing at goldfish crumbs!
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