Did you know 78% of the dead
never have the opportunity to become ghosts
and its a policy issue and an economic one
and a social one and also its an immigration
issue and a healthcare issue and a gun rights issue
and an abortion issue and ghosts keep issuing
out of the black gates and over the swamp
and into the land of the living and its a saturation
issue and an attention issue and man just PILES
of paperwork and we know why the problem exists
and we’re
always building the will to fix it
and the ghosts keep seeping
into everyday conversations into morning lattes
into the time people spend with their moms
and only 22% of the dead ever
even get the opportunity to become ghosts
in the first place, that’s just the dead we remember
to look for.
