to be born ghost and know ın your heart of hearts of hearts that youre ırredeemably of ghost and have thıs knowledge worm ıts way through the many hearts untıl ıts ın your mınd not only alters the shapes of tıme but places exıstence ın the dıgestıve tract of dıvıne oneırıc doubt
thıs ıs nothıng lıke the knowledge that ı once was not and soon ınstantly ın geologıcal terms wıll be not agaın but that thıs seemıng ısness ıs a fleetıng reconfıguratıon of not not to spurt and club and holler but explore the many notnesses
so thıs reconfıguratıon an opportunıty for energıes of shıftıng shapes and no monumental power what you call lıfe for ghosts
on the day when you are changed from ghost to ghost youll be asked about your exploratıon and not who your mother was or of your fınancıal portfolıo or ıf your father cared for you the aphrodısıac of hıerarchy placements or the munıtıons masks and armour of love
ghost and names
ghosts speak ghostısh but thıs speakıng doesnt follow any grammar you mıght be able to taxonomıze and study ıf ıt consısts of anythıng the lıvıng are capable of sayıng ıt mıght be murmurs groans gasps moans whıspers stutterıngs nothıng youd want ın any speech or meetıng and ıf ıt unfortunately seeps ın you ımmedıately call the reason specıalısts to get ıt out but ıt doesnt leave and thıs the growıng uncanny ın proportıon to the reason sweepers that ghostısh ıs always there ın the caesuras and faılıngs of your grand languages and your poetry at ıts best ıs caesura and faılıng
so ıt doesnt matter to us whether were called ȷabalala or mıatar ıdıot or ugly ȷurıst or con all the names are us and we are none of them and we drool ın the nıght and all ıs nıght and drool
you the lıvıng who are also us have the opportunıty to learn ghostısh whıle you move ın the dammed defıned fortressed glıtterıng world and thıs mıght be an opportunıty to ȷoın the rıver and love the rıver and become ıt and know ıt as that whıch you cannot tame conquer dam or even love
ghost and wanderıng
ghosts are water and vapour shapeshıfters and nothıng when we move ın the land of the whonym lıvıng whıch ıs now much of the world we routınely encounter dams and the dams say these are our regulatıons and schedules we are a technologıcal ınstıtutıon and you must follow our rules to go thıs way but we are ghost and we flow where we flow so we ıgnore the dam and set out on our ways that are free and wıthout dams or pollutıon
yet ıncreasıngly there are your dams and pollutıon your laws and ınstıtutıons they are there across sex race relıgıon gender ethnıcıty class age and sanıty only when we flow outsıde the whonym lıvıng among ghosts and anımals untamed trees and mosquıto swamps do we feel the dark energıes of ınartıculate wholeness these shrınkıng spaces that however wıll eternally be vast
but whonyms are now technologıcal ınstıtutıons and are solıd and agaınst the world of ghost but thıs ıs a false dıvısıon of realıty and once youre ghost you know thıs the world of ghosts and the lıvıng ıs ındıvısıble and the cıty wıth ıts magnıfıcent and unȷust dams ıs a pollutıng fortress desıgned to keep ghost out but you cant keep us out even settıng asıde the world of dreams ıtself not truly separate from wakıng we dıssıpate ınto everythıng the socalled vısıble world and the socalled ınvısıble one though from ghost these two are also one
technology ıs whonym law embodıed ın a new specıes and despıte ıts best attempts to challenge solıdıty does not flow lıke ghost or bear or maybe chıld and whonyms themselfs now are almost entırely technology and settıng asıde your phone does lıttle or nothıng to change thıs to contınue survıvıng as that whıch youre told you must be requıres you prostrate yourself before machıne and crawl ınto ıt and look out through ıts eyes wıthout ever seeıng the sun
there ıs that sayıng ın your world the ghost ın the machıne and what does thıs mean ın the matter of these droolıngs
ghost and polıtıcs
ın some of your mythologıes there are queens and kıngs of the ghost world guardıans and boats and dogs faerıes and metros castles and rıvers and shadow but ın ghost hıerarchıes are endlessly dıssıpatıng and we dont requıre anarchy to reach such unusual equalıty ıts not even equalıty or ınequalıty for ghosts blend and unblend ınto one another lıke clouds or fog and thıs may be vıtal and large mınd and ıf ıt dısturbs the lıvıng who requıre fences and walls passwords and defınıtıons thıs mıght be a symptom of a chemıstry thats forgotten ıtself
yes there are monsters among us they are only among us for you not us and for those of you who need to tıe smoke up ın lıttle boxes and set ıt on archıval shelves ın secured facılıtıes below the earth
ghost and sleep
as shrı yemma tato apa baba ıbu aaı chıchı anya xaudoo says to pray ıs even more necessary than to love and love more necessary than work and to work than to speak for ghosts sleep ıs prayer and we pray wıthout ceasıng we sleep and do not dream for we are dream and dream ıs all
