MANY times more than twice have I seen
the ghosts of family, friends and then…
some whose faces that I did not know

Quaintly, with ethereal elegance they are
silky touch, feather breath, and opal eye
Outside of the tick-tock of father time

It is most inappropriate to ask of them
to state their business or intended pleasure
extend your politeness over scorn I say
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