CASPER
THE FRIENDLY GHOST
You don't have to be
afraid
anymore
His super-outfit is made from handfuls of oil and garbage blood and
pinned together by stars
Flying
around the room
like a
mosquito
Drinking all the blood
or whatever we
have
to save us
who
need to be saved
•
I whispered To the rescue
and sat
on the dead edge
of my bed
all night
and
all morning
My feet did not touch the floor
My heart raced
I counted my breath like small white sheep and pinned my eyes
open and stared at the door
Any second now
Any second
now
•
He saved my brain
from its burning
building
He stopped and started the bullet in my heart
with his teeth
Just like that
He looked down from outer space through all the clouds birds
dropping like weights
He looked out
from the center of the earth
through the fire
he was
becoming
in the doorway
and closed his eyes
his cape sweeping
the floor
afraid
anymore
His super-outfit is made from handfuls of oil and garbage blood and
pinned together by stars
Flying
around the room
like a
mosquito
Drinking all the blood
or whatever we
have
to save us
who
need to be saved
•
I whispered To the rescue
and sat
on the dead edge
of my bed
all night
and
all morning
My feet did not touch the floor
My heart raced
I counted my breath like small white sheep and pinned my eyes
open and stared at the door
Any second now
Any second
now
•
He saved my brain
from its burning
building
He stopped and started the bullet in my heart
with his teeth
Just like that
He looked down from outer space through all the clouds birds
dropping like weights
He looked out
from the center of the earth
through the fire
he was
becoming
in the doorway
and closed his eyes
his cape sweeping
the floor