Now It's Dark When You Leave Work (video!)

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Once you notice the ghosts

in your rear-view mirror, you’re stuck

with them. They follow you home.

After that initial clench of fear

in your belly, you get used to them.

They become comforting, even.

It’s because you dropped that fortune

cookie fortune from your purse

on your way out, then picked it up:

   You are alert to the events

       and feelings around you.

The ghosts know that is true and smile.

They’re why you didn’t run over

that raccoon running back and forth

in front of your car. They keep

your children company. They are with you

at night, and they wake you in morning.

They notice, too. They notice blue.