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Memories & Ghosts

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Sometimes I wish I could do it,
fumigate all those old spirits
in my mind, take some sage
and light it up, walk through
every memory as if one day
they might just fly away
and leave me in peace;
disperse them in the wild lands
never to be heard from again;
but that’s not the way of it, is it?

We’re all in this dark wood
like criminals and hoods,
or gothic maidens all dressed up
in black and purple make-up,
our eyelashes plucked out,
our scalps are bloody raw
from where we scraped them off;
now I know it isn’t pretty to say it,
but who is fooling who here
in this chronic picnic of a hell?

Those blasted memories appear
at night like an army on the march,
and the coffers are empty
and the kitchen is all bare
of milk and honey; yet, I’m
still here with my throng,
my ghostly crew…

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Viv Drewa is a Michigan native who has enjoyed reading and writing since 1963. Though she studied medicinal chemistry at the University of Michigan, her passion has always been writing. She had been awarded third place for her nonfiction short story about her grandfather's escape from Poland. Later, she rewrote this story and was published in the "Polish American Journal" as "From the Pages of Grandfather's Life" and has republished it on Amazon.com as a short story. Viv took creative and journalism courses to help in her transition to fulfill her dream of becoming a writer. She worked as an intern for Port Huron's 'The Times Herald", and also wrote, edited and did the layout or the Blue Water Multiple Sclerosis newsletter "Thumb Prints." She also has a business promoting authors. Owl and Pussycat Book Promotions. Viv, her husband Bob and their cat Princess, live in Port Huron, Michigan.

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