When Ghosts Sit Down to Write

When ghosts sit down to write

it’s almost always in nostalgic search

of that delight of fleshly pleasure

which attends the pressure

dealt by hand-held pen

against a cool blank paper sheet.

We gather their epistolary style

is sharp and sweet,

their cursive writing neat,

their aptitude for wit and quip

one we’d find genuinely risible. Alas,

we’ll never know. The ink’s invisible.

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