Number One Ghost

 

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spooky baby, my number one ghost

I look for you in the trees

at the botanic garden

with all the sunshine people gathering

to point a finger at the darkling thing

snickering in their stable disguises

I do a pirouette and step inside the building

seeking the department of practically perfect prose

you wink at me from the chandelier

your smile revealing hungry canine teeth

you're the real deal

not a plastic pretender in a popular elastic band

spooky baby, you're my thrill

a chill runs up my spine whenever I see you

lurking in the shadows, waiting for me

I'll let you sink your teeth into my flesh

taste the darkness in my soul

a gothic craving never grows old

I don't miss the consuming intensity

of the need that would eat me from within

I would miss the touch of velvet sin

except for the way it destroys

I miss the way my soul used to rise

whenever it heard melodic thunder

I miss the way it felt to dream

of my spooky baby

waiting on the other side

~cie~

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2020-november-pad-chapbook-challenge-day-12

Prompt: Include a number in the title of the poem.

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/wednesday-poetry-prompts-546

Write a Spooky poem.

https://myjustsostory.blogspot.com/2020/11/words-for-wednesday_11.html

Word List

Botanic

Gathering

Finger

Port

Canine

Elastic Band

And /or

Department

Prose

Stable

Wink

Chandelier

Pirouette

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