Summer, Circa 1997

Lights out, lights out----

all up and down in here----

they came in and grabbed us by our forearms

and told us that we were not very ladylike

so we crossed our legs for good measure

and they took a cinder block to put us in our place

all up and down in here

on the top bunk

and then it was rock bottom

and the footsteps were up and down the floorboards

while we covered our faces with sheets

and not with the ghost cutout

---but we did make it our one and only haunt

because it belonged to us

and we were creeping along in the same direction

---ever so slowly with a smirk