Asimov's SF, October-November 2009 by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2011-07-10T14:01:03+00:00

Poetry: UNGHOST STORIES by Greg Beatty

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Howling, chilling, rattling,

I smile when I read these,

singled out as signs and markers

of the nearby unquiet dead.

Ectoplasm? Sure, that shows ghosts,

but so does longing, hands

that reach in the wind, songs

that linger on the mind, fumbles

partially remembered on the lips.

It is not haunting that needs

explanation. Haunting is life.

It is unghosting that needs

a tale, ghostlessness unique.

—Greg Beatty

Copyright (c) 2009 Greg Beatty

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