Ghost Story

 i have never understood the phrase:

"never speak ill of the dead"

why? they're dead. they don't care.

please, i beg you

when i am dead and gone

and the sum-total of my earthly works

are viewable from 

start to finish

like a movie

please, i implore you

speak ill of me

speak well of me

speak however you felt of me

if i hurt you or helped you

if you loved me or hated me

speak your truth

whatever that may be

if there is an afterlife 

i promise not to take offense

i swear not to come back and haunt you

(the living do that well enough on their own)

i vow i will not mind

as long as it is true.

-kj

11/6/21