It was a ghost all right.<\/p>\n
Female, I think.<\/p>\n
And she floated across<\/p>\n
the bedroom carpet<\/p>\n
and then right through the wall.<\/p>\n
With trembling hand,<\/p>\n
I reached for the cellphone<\/p>\n
on the dresser<\/p>\n
but she was gone<\/p>\n
before I had a chance<\/p>\n
to snap a picture.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Same as when I saw<\/p>\n
the serpent-like monster<\/p>\n
emerge briefly from the lake<\/p>\n
then plunge back down<\/p>\n
into the depths.<\/p>\n
Or when I spied<\/p>\n
the silhouette of a witch on a broom<\/p>\n
riding across the full moon.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
My cellphone\u2019s always<\/p>\n
close at hand<\/p>\n
but I\u2019m too slow and nervous<\/p>\n
on the trigger.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s much weirdness<\/p>\n
in this world<\/p>\n
but its brief<\/p>\n
is less than brief.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Friends advised me<\/p>\n
to take pictures of the nothingness,<\/p>\n
over and over,<\/p>\n
until, by chance,<\/p>\n
I capture something frightening.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
So far, the highlights in my phone app<\/p>\n
are photos of a curtain in mid-rustle,<\/p>\n
a dragonfly<\/p>\n
and a bratty kid poking his tongue.<\/p>\n
So it worked.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve three images of things<\/p>\n
that terrify me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
John Grey It was a ghost all right. Female, I think. And she floated across the bedroom carpet and then right through the wall. With trembling hand, I reached for the cellphone on the dresser but she was gone before I had a chance to snap a picture. Same as when I saw the… <\/p>\n