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enjoy this Brandon S. Roy writing in the Down in the Dirt free 2011 PDF file chapbook: Ghost (click on the front cover image or the title text to download the free PDF file)				You can also order this as a 2011 6" x 9" perfect-bound paperback ISBN# book! Click on the cover spread for the book Ghost

Frosted

Brandon S. Roy

All night in the living room
they spoke all night of spirits
hunched down in whispered tones
we eavesdropped
we hear one man speak,
“I saw a blue dog last night.”

Cold air from overhead vents
froze our faces and hands
turning our noses red.

Linda spoke softly, “I want
to avoid those people. I can’t
stand some of those...”

The windows frosted and white.
The baby cried in back bedroom.
On the couch,
people sat awkwardly laughing
staring blankly at each other
smiling at each others quips
they only learn superficial facts
about each other, nothing real

“It’s getting cold,” Sarah spoke.
We should have remembered to leave
our faucets running. Don’t want the
pipes to freeze.”

Her brown eyes scanned the room.
She stared shyly at Oliver.
Mathis was always doing that.
Worrying at varying degrees
about the thoughts of others.
Little inside cries. She snapped
out of it.

A colorless expression, a dim
smile, speaking slowly, depressed
motions, Bill spoke of dilemma
ideas of visiting foreign lands.

People only ignored him and
turned back to their own
conversations. Leaving Bill
to thumb his own thoughts.
With a quick stand, Bill
excused himself to the
bathroom, no one knew

The increased volume of voices
in the living room and the
television muffled the shot.

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