The Bogey Men

The One in the Photograph

That you could use up
someone's life
by sucking it out
through the lens.

they may live forever
on your film,
which might be just as well

because soon you'll need
something to remember them by.


The One on the Page

Who absorbs with the ink
every characteristic of your loved one
until a point when both
are equally corporeal.

This is where you should stop
recording a life
if you want it to continue.


The One Who Walks Always Beside You

You can do nothing about.