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while I lay sleeping

there’s evidence a ghost
has taken up residence in my
studio apartment

for example my painting
temporarily named ‘sunrise over mars’
has mysteriously turned into
‘volcano under glass’
—the yellow oranges & apple reds
replaced with aqua green & neon pink

all of the needles in my sewing kit
have been turned into pins
and all of the iron-on patches
have been scissored into bear claws

the ‘morse code’ mice in the walls
suddenly started speaking broken english
mostly complaining about
some nondescript guest
commandeering their balls & chains
while all the while I am fast asleep


december two thousand twenty-four
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