Phantoms

If I had been a ghost

(these are dangerous thoughts)

I would wear a pee-stained sheet

And cry crocodile tears

And steal ice cream from street vendors.

I would race the escaping helium balloons

And stare down kittens

And steal diapers from the elderly.

If I had been a ghost

(goes my fantasy)

I would come to you late at night

And be your blanket and tell you that everything

Is all right in the end.

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