the ghost of bill murray     for Mike
other than
its ability
to lean
on a wall
and things like that
the ghost of bill murray
is wholly
ghost-like.
the ghost of jim jarmusch
     a thought
a ballerina
might have
of smoking.
the ghost of michael shannon
has this look
it’s had
before-
white wall.  snow’s double.
the ghost of richard farnsworth
spoon-trembled
as sugar
the ghost of richard farnsworth
imagines
coffee, a chair, a hospital
nursery-  the infants and the future
coats
it could take.
the ghost of vera farmiga
how sad, my cheeks, to fight
for shadow.
the ghost of willem dafoe 
awards itself
a porn name
would make
Lazarus
love life.
 
