Love, Ghosts, & Facial Hair by Steven Herrick

Author:Steven Herrick
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Simon Pulse

The ghost is away

The ghost didn’t come home last night

I waited until dawn

excited

with the news of Annabel and me

I crept into Dad’s room

and saw the empty mirror

the clothes in Desiree’s room

remained unfolded

Desiree asleep in her Levi’s

and the echo of the ghost

hung loose

I climbed out the window

and sat on the roof

one eye on the chimney

thinking of a ghost parading as Santa

the Southern Cross faded

as the sun crept up the mountain

and I called the ghost

and called again

and felt nine years old

waiting for Mum to come home

so I could tell her my day before I slept.

I climbed back through the window and into bed

and thought of Annabel

but she had the face of the ghost

and I must have dozed

as I woke sweating.

I looked at the calendar

seven years today

my Mum died

and now I know

why the ghost

is away.

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