Of all the people born on earth,

only a thin fraction are alive now. So today and everyday

is international ghost day.

When the dirt whispers,

it is simply your mother

calling in the grey light of dawn, tugging you out

from the soft but insistent hands

of a dream that holds you

in the way light is held

by the icicle.

--from My Body Tells Me What to Do; Michael Bazzett