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Avoiding Ghosts
He walked by wearing a hood
talking as though on the phone,
but I couldn’t see one;
it could be in his pocket,
and he could be using earphones,
and everyone looks crazy when they talk this way.

As he walked,
I saw his body move,
snake like,
the way we do when trying to avoid colliding with someone,
but there was no one there.

I...