ghosts
amidst
the entangled reconstructions
that inhabit
and accumulate
in the unmeasurable
domain of self
that i think of
as me
and you think of
as you
the ghosts of other-self
experiences
are pieced together
upon request
...or maybe sometimes
reassemble themselves
unannounced...
when elements
seemingly linked
are associated
their spirit
often nearly gone
and their essence
only remaining
as ephemeral fading recollections
occasionally refreshed
by image archives
ghosts captured
in file records
of family members
of ancestors unliving
of collegues gone
or maybe still undead
of schoolfriends
now sequenced in their time
contributors
to the pathway
of an existence
remembered
swirling and confused
by a sense
of certainty
that cannot be
substantiated
ghosts conjured
in neuron memories
from remnant traces
as year by year
the phase draws near
when all such entities
alive and dead
will disappear
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