Chasing Ghosts In Cars

“Chasing Ghosts in Cars” Like automata we walk inside winding up the stairs it’s all mechanical the romance programmed by steep degrees in the well-routined we can walk through walls anywhere to look out our windows towards the better view each cell in the body and mind renewed we expurgate the misplaced misconceptions of others, of ourselves it’s fair-weather sailing out there, the transparent come and go best to turn a blind eye a swift kiss on the cheek make it brief then close all your doors to their artful dodger hauntings friendships and felicitations their joyful gleaming commiserations whole oceans full of souls walking and swimming treading water all the floating poesies planted mindfully fragrant fresh bits thrown parlayed introspection deliciously blooded with the sharks such hungry poets with a well-adjusted deep knowing and a quiet unthorough understanding of another unknown equation in the real world never making premature judgements outside is a risk we all take we write what we know we know what we write ghost written in the Daily Phantom in the gloaming fantasy there still exist real ghouls calling us in hungry for kindness burying pity for the honesty it lacks inside we are listing the volume we turn up to hear messages better we are listening to cars lyrics we wish you to know to be understood when you are chasing ghosts some say they’ve gone too far they’re too far gone away forget-me-knots hanging loose chasing ghosts in cars Machiavellians gone astray the naked minds of undressed nuns and sanctimonious preachers oiling their guns (LadyLabyrinth / 2022) “Here in my car I feel safest of all I can lock all my doors It's the only way to live in cars Here in my car I can only receive I can listen to you It keeps me stable for days in cars” listing/nautical. “Listing” is a nautical term to describe when a vessel takes on water and tilts to one side. A ship can list either to port (left) or starboard (right). By contrast, a ship is said to be “trimming” when she tips forward or backward.