What is writing but the preservation of ghosts? - Cameron Awkward-Rich, "Essay on the Appearance of Ghosts"
We rouse ghosts,
Primarily, for answers.
Meaning we seek
Ghosts for their memory
& fear them for it just the same.
Our country, a land of shades.
Yet there are no wraiths but us.
If we are to summon
Anyone or anything,
Let it be our tender selves.
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Like ghosts, we have too much
To say. We will make do.
Even if in a graveyard.
We, like this place,
Are haunted & hungry.
The past is where we pull home.
Our forms once again fluent
In all things bright.
Poet's note: The title "Who We Gonna Call" is a reference to the original "Ghostbusters" theme song to the film of the same name by Ray Parker Jr.
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