1
Better to collect miniature trolls
beside toy bridges
and arrange them on doilies.
Best we commemorate old fears
until our heads are full
lest we trump up
some flesh and blood devil.

2
Someone’s been walking
on your grave.
You have seen yourself
unexpectedly
in a mirrored door.
(though some have claimed
it’s pleasant
to leave your body
then return)
Now you return
his gaze.