rootfishSep 29, 2023

Here is one of my poems i recited at the Wenatchee Museum's "4 Minutes of Fame" event where local writers were encouraged to recite 4 minutes of their writing.

Gettin' My Ghost On
By Michael Mijares Smith
Putting on my spooky sheet at midnight.
Gonna give those kids quite a fright.
Gettin' my ghost on.
While desperately fighting sleep
Gettin' my ghost on
While desperately fighting sleep
(Continued in next post)

Show threadrootfishSep 29, 2023
Me & my friends haunt houses,parks & mines.
Our alter egos are all frightening signs.
We scare & terrorize come night time
To hide out property related crime
Miner-fourty-niner, Captain Cutler & 40,000 Volt Ghost.
These are the people I adore the most.
Chasing you through the fields during the midnight hour.
This is me at the height of my spectral power.
Then I hear the dreaded zoinks & jinkies
This is when my plan goes hinkey
(Continued in next post)
Show threadrootfishSep 29, 2023
Chasing you through the fields during the midnight hour.
This is me at the height of my spectral power.
Then I hear the dreaded zoinks & jinkies
This is when my plan goes hinkey
I've falllen into those kids cunning trap.
Things have gone so wrong ASAP.
I don't know what to do
Who the hell names their dog Scooby-Doo?
Foiled, captured & unmasked.
My villainous plot has collapsed
(Continued in next post)
Show threadrootfish
Without my sheet, they see through my spectral con.
I can no longer get my ghost on.
They finally see the evil has a face.
They see I'm just another member of the human race
For a while, I was myth, I was legend
The lure of the sheet it did beckon.
Even though I will soon be gone.
I proudly state, I got my ghost on.
Sep 29, 2023 at 11:13pmWeb