from I Leave the House and the Ghost Comes With Me
I.
ghost means genderless
dead, but present, you don’t live
but haunt, you’ve left
the dull, heavy body and prove
an intangible something
survives it, if terrible
in mission, if lonely
in office, if uncertain
of direction, if mindless
in repetition, you are still
here, ceaselessly
moving and confusing
the smoke alarms
the silken curtains
the good, small dogs
the cat on the mantel
the television signal
L Trent‘s poetry includes the chapbooks You aren’t in this movie and The Women
in Charge from dancing girl press, the poetry collection One Perfect
Bird, & the novels Echo Lake & Almost Dark.
