I don’t see any ghosts

& that is a great disappointment

to me. I wanted

so badly to be wrong about that

& I wanted so badly

to be wrong about that.

My hope was that we all found

a way to stick around.

How terrible

that right now, more

than ever again, this is the most

I will ever be alive

& I wanted so badly

to be wrong about that as well.

I will need a coffee.