Ghost
BY BRIAN BENDER
Would it be so bad if I followed the ambulance home
just to see what the body looks like
or is there nothing else but a few quick breaths
and a knocked cup of wine
is that so bad of me to want to see the other side
of the thing
to see into the past just a little bit
as if Coltrane walked off a bus and tipped his hat to you
or farmers tilling a field with a few bright tractors
and a flock of birds just above your head
is that so bad of me to wash down the street
with a bottle of Coke
to see again everything I’ve already lost
and to see the other headless men still searching
for a brother to bury
