What does it mean
to be a ghost
writer
does it mean you are a ghost
who writes
or a writer
who talks
about ghosts
or a writer who writes
on behalf of the ghost
population
or does it mean
the words disappear
from the page
as soon as
they’re written
only for you
to wonder what was
there
something you can feel
but not see
something you know happened
but you don’t know who made
that thing happen
or
why
they could not just show their face
say their name
celebrate themselves on the page
too
with their words
perhaps a ghost writer is
a medium
and the ‘real’ writer
is not really real
it’s just someone the ghostwriter
imagined
up
channeled
from another
life
of their own
because they were
too afraid
to say
‘I wrote this book’
this was my life before
and I want it to be
no more
