{"id":2610,"date":"2017-04-14T12:56:24","date_gmt":"2017-04-14T20:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=2610"},"modified":"2017-04-14T12:56:24","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T20:56:24","slug":"ghost-one-humans-none","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=2610","title":{"rendered":"Ghost One. Humans None."},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ghost One. Humans None.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Something real funny is going on.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I left it right here, now it\u2019s gone.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

No one was here to take it away.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I haven\u2019t gone anywhere all day.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

It\u2019s happened before. Stuff moved about.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Made me so mad, I wanted to shout.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Friends say it\u2019s a ghost. A soul lost.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Ain\u2019t no wraith gonna run me off.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I hear strange noises in the night.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Like chains rattling, or a clanging pipe.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Strange smells, like rotting mildew.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Or rotting meat, to name a few.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Then, I saw a shadow covered in slime.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

It said: \u201cYou be gone by tomorrow this time.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I said: \u201cNo, I won\u2019t go. This house is mine.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

It disappeared, leaving a stink. It\u2019s a crime.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I wasn\u2019t sure just what I\u2019d do.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I decided to call in you.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Your fame is a ghost hunter and more.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

You would escort the ghost right out the door.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

The wraith appeared, sitting on a hot stove.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Soon, his smell was something to loathe.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

He said: \u201cYou be gone when the morning come.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

You said: \u201cNow, I\u2019ve got you on the run.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

You surrounded it with a circle of salt.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Made a pentagram with powdered malt.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Mumbled an enchantment, or two.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

The ghost simply smiled at you.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

You yelled: \u201cLeave, and never return.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

The ghost disappeared with no concern.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

You said: \u201cMy job here is done.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

The ghost said: \u201cNow you be on the run.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

We both yelled in our surprise.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

The ghost disappeared before our eyes.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

You said: \u201cThis may be harder than I thought.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I said: \u201cTell me. Is this all you brought?\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cWe will trap it in a web of spells.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cBind it up until it yells.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

The wraith came back, causing much fear.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

It said: \u201cThat won\u2019t work. Now you be gone from here.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

The ghost never left the place.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I decided I had better taste.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

You decided to change careers.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

We both went out and had some beers.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

——————————————R.W. Johnson—–(2017)<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ghost One. Humans None. Something real funny is going on. I left it right here, now it\u2019s gone. No one was here to take it away. I haven\u2019t gone anywhere all day. \u00a0 It\u2019s happened before. Stuff moved about. Made me so mad, I wanted to shout. Friends say it\u2019s a ghost. A soul … Continue reading Ghost One. Humans None.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,15,24,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-free-bird-poetry","category-horror","category-humor","category-random"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2610"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2611,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610\/revisions\/2611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}