When ghosts from the past 
visit dreams, 
they take 
such 
ordinary 
shapes of such 
insignificant import. 

The board member 
now sitting 
on a rain flower 
and 
the partner 
now winter rain. 

It floods 
without being wet 
and there’s no need 
to let reality 
impinge upon 
our next step.

Some say 
ghosts appear 
because they have unfinished 
business or are
communicating something
of great import. 

I believe the residents 
in my brain simply may
be rearranging so they
can put the car back
in the garage at night.