Day: November 28, 2024

he used to listen to ghosts talking
with white noise on spirit boxes
he traveled to haunted locations
in small towns and big cities
eventually he started hearing
the ghost talking all the time
without using the technology
thy talked inside his head
eventually the talking began
to take possession of his mind
and he heard the ghosts telling
him to become one of them
he jumped off a bridge and did
now others hear him talking
with white noise on spirit boxes

bob boyd

always sweet at work
never an unkind word
nice to everyone
incredibly polite

different at home
mean to her husband
angel turned diabolic

poisoned her husband
to death with antifreeze
in the summer of 1973

bob boyd

he drove through his old hometown
that used to be like a patch of buildings
in the tapestry of greater Chicago
where crime was nearly nonexistent
where streets were never congested

the traffic had become stop and go
he saw thieves running out of a store
with bags of stolen goods
homeless people were everywhere

he got disgusted by the changes
he rolled down his car window
to catch a breath of air
and coughed from the smog
rolled the window back up
turned his car around
and beelined out of the city
never to return again

bob boyd