Poor Ghosts

Poor Ghosts

Poor ghosts,
blurred nubbins of we know not what
long-vanished species,
their necropoli carpet this small world,
which we mine
for their metal-rich skeletons.
Them we can use,
but not so the ghosts:
not frightening enough for a sideshow,
not even really in the way,
translucent markers only
of ancient deaths

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