A Ghost At My Door

This morning I woke from a nightmare
I was dreaming about a ghost who kept opening my door
while I laid in bed
The creek of the door woke me within the dream
and I cautiously went to the door to see who had opened it
No one was there but a chill was in the air
Finally, after several times closing the door
I got up and began screaming at the empty sky
calling to the ghost and inviting him to a duel
a fight
to show himself or run away as the coward he died as
No sound or sign of him betrayed his secret location
I slammed the door closed
pushed the dead bolts at the top and bottom of the door
into locked positions
and stomped my way back to bed
Then there came a loud banging on the door
satisfied he could no longer open my door
I laid in bed until I could no longer tolerate the banging
I sat up on the edge of my bed
then awoke to find myself sitting on the edge of my real life bed
and hearing a banging noise echoing in my apartment.
The radiators were banging
from the hot water rushing through them
to warm my apartment
and me
of the chill in the air


*03/18/2003
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