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i, the ghost

October 4, 2022
By per PLATINUM, Spartanburg, South Carolina
per PLATINUM, Spartanburg, South Carolina
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Favorite Quote:
"I am not young enough to know everything" - Oscar Wilde


i sat,
surrounded by ghosts,
in a fast-food restaurant booth with
cake and candle in hand.
the flame smirked
in my face,
shimmering and sly.
i saw happy birthday slink out the
door, with my keys
and a briefcase of memories.

i sat,
in a gold-painted room
on a suede loveseat.
i wore a crown of thorns and
melted wax,
stitched with silken
silence.

i sat,
on a buttercream cake,
with my glass skin the same shade
as the frosting beneath me.

i, a ghost,
watched as she wrapped
her mother's scarf around her burdened neck.


The author's comments:

- happy birthday to all! 

p.e.r


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