Ghostly Tales

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It's hard

to fall asleep

in a room

that isn't mine.

In the kite room

of the beach house,

kites are on every wall.

Blue ones,

red ones,

yellow ones,

even one

shaped like a bird.

I quietly get up

and move

to the computer.

I turn it on.

I Google "ghosts."

I click and read

click and read

click and read.

A website claiming to be

"The Number One Resource on Ghosts"

says that if a person dies with "unresolved issues"

or "emotional baggage,"

he can't move on

to "the higher plane."

Does Jackson have unresolved issues?

Or emotional baggage?

Do I want to know if he does?

I find a message board

on another site

where people share their experiences

and ask questions.

It seems like each ghost is different.

Some only appear once a year.

Some only appear in dreams.

Some only haunt houses.

Some only show up in mirrors.

Jackson seems to be

a do-anything

kind of ghost.

That makes sense

because he was pretty much

a do-anything

kind of guy.

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