When you can't remember what you ate last night
And whether you turned off the kitchen light---
And what new pains will come with the morning;
In the midst of these aging conditions,
Certain shadowy apparitions
Appear without warning.

Ghosts
Of love affairs started
And suddenly ended
By a look or a word.

Ghosts
Of lovers departed
Of some of them splendid,
Of others absurd.

Where are they now?
Has age been kind?
Sometimes the very best loves
Are the loves that happen
Only in one’s mind.

Ghosts---
All the ghosts that I see!
And are these ghosts ever haunted
By the ghost of me?
Are these ghosts ever haunted
By the ghost of me?
 

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