8.09.2020

to thrill them and haunt them

Melville had the sea and Poe his nightmares, 
To thrill them and haunt them, 
And you have the faces of strangers, 
Glimpsed once and never again. 

Like that woman whose eye you caught 
On a crowded street in New York 
Who spun around after she went by 
As f she had seen a ghost. 
 
Leaving you with a memory of her hand 
Rising to touch her flustered face 
And muffle what might've been something 
She was saying as she was swept away. 

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