Ephemera

What has happened to the old ghosts that told us what the day would bring;who watched from over the right shoulder making books drop at the mention of the unmentionable or saw our mistakes and forgave, knowing that existence falls short of reality; who alerted the dog when there was a baby in the street or showed the way forward in impenetrable dreams and omens that would appear like clouds in shapes only you could see clearly; who died strange and sudden deaths involving modern machines sent back from the future into the old times; who don't talk with the small children anymore or cause the aroma of cookies in closets or lead us out of the mess we have made of our lives.