From the collection published in 2021, The Immediate and No Sooner.
336.
it wasn’t nothing
It’s not imaginary
I am not nobody
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337.
her clothes
pretty but cheap
and she couldn’t affor lunch
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338.
to dispel a ghost
familiar to you
name it and let it go
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I really like the message of the metaphor in the final poem: identify and name the thing that haunts you and it allows you to take control of it.
I was always told that if I had a nightmare, to recount it to someone and it would not recur. It always worked for me. As does just facing the darn ghosts and sending them on their way by knowing them well and saying so…
I agree with Laura. A tiny recipe. (K)
Thank you. Practical knowledge for a subject maybe not so known for practical solutions?