Ghost

from Strange Machines by Max Wickstrom

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Got lost last night,
turned up today.
They found her in a ditch half a mile away.
There’d been some confusion,
a troubling conclusion.
She said she could get home OK.

Through the field she weaves,
butterknife and everything,
out to chase the ghost she claims
had snuck in through the dog door.
Drifting under the willow tree
where June lost her identity
and Mira lost her locket.

Leave it in that certain place,
all wrapped in lace,
even though y’know
I’m not from the moon.
(and you aren’t either)

Climb the hill to see
where all the flowers used to be,
to drown her culpability,
to keep the righteous reaching.
Place it under the willow tree,
another stolen effigy
left out for the magpies.

Leave it in that certain place,
all wrapped in lace,
even though y’know
I’m not from the moon.
(and you aren’t either)

Locked in the bathroom with the
threat all over with.
“Call me your favorite or I’ll load up the car again!”
Feelin’ alright but I can’t make amends.
Now, “How could you love me in a time like this?”

I’m not from the moon (and
you aren’t either).
I’m not from the moon (and
you aren’t either).
I’m not from the moon (and
you aren’t either).
I’m not from the moon.

In the field she sleeps,
butterknife and everything,
lyin’ in the dirt again,
buried as she’s breathing.

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from Strange Machines, released April 29, 2021

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