Ghostess with the Mostest!

A truly fascinating photograph on

 EASY STREET

http://easystreetprompts.blogspot.com/2009/05/prompt-546-watching-over-him.html

today.

(Not this one!)

Then I have to ruin it all with tongue-in-cheek stuff!

GHOSTESS WITH THE MOSTEST!

Although I've never seen a ghost

And I hope I never see one

I must admit it would be fun

If one day I could be one!

If after death I could enroll 

In a school that teaches haunting,

And I could qualify to be

A dab hand and quite daunting!

But I admit I'd find it hard

To choose my expertise,

For would I want to horrify

Or would I want to tease?

I rather fancy rattling cups

Till they fall on the floor,

But breaking crockery every night

Could get to be a bore!

Drifting doesn't grab me much;

Ethereal's not my style

And my intended victims

Might just look at me and smile!

I might consider rattling bones

(Such images delight us)

But in the after-life I might

Still suffer from arthritis!

Groaning sounds good! I'd like to groan;

And I wouldn't mind a screech.

But I think I'd find the 'echoing' part

A bit beyond my reach.

Ectoplasm! That sounds good!

I could change shape willy-nilly,

Though emerging from an orofice

Sounds unwholsome and quite silly.

Looked at from every angle

(And don't think that I'm boasting)

I think I'm worth much more alive!

I just don't fancy ghosting!

More flesh-creeping here:

http://rinklyrimes.blogspot.com/2009/04/grave-matter.html