GHOST RANCH
GHOST RANCH
Finally shag carpet & a corduroy sectional
Burned the stained old blue wall to wall
where poodle threw up daily How many
cookies did you give him? Soon to be doctor
cousin asked & counted 26 as the last child
coughed up an answer Living room where
Kennedy was shot and Nixon resigned The stereo played the Blues
And a white ghost frequented the balcony
where 13 puppies lay steam rising from
hot bodies one freezing winter day A girl
struggling with afterbirth The ghost now backing away
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Winter 2012
songanddancegirl 