Burn after Reading, or Ghostwriting

Burning after reading can be useful.

Who wants to read the poems ghosts have written?

They are ancient, those poems, and often refer

To people long forgotten.

Still, the living

Carry with them memories of those they loved

Once upon a time, and time is tricky.

It expands or it collapses, and sometimes

It seems to circle us like the moon.

When that happens, you want to be sure that time

Has enough remaining for you to love whomever

It is you long to love, and when you die,

As die you will, ghosts will wait by your side

To make sure you are not dead until you’ve died.