In Louisiana where he lived, he drove around one night
like a madman in his old Honda trying to forget his ex
who despite being engaged to him and planning
on marrying him
left him for his friend who was going to be
his best man at their wedding.
He drove on highways and byways all over Louisiana,
but still couldn’t get her out of his mind.
The break up, the end of the engagement
and the marriage
were too big a heartache for him and
when the police raced after him for speeding
he lost control of his mind and became
even crazier and more reckless.
Miraculously, he escaped from the police,
and seemed to have vanished from this earth.
He was never found, but there’s a crying male ghost
that appears at the shores of Lake Pontchartrain,
and there might be an old Honda buried in
the water there.
Bob Boyd