he’s a man
with his coffee

he’s a ghost
watching him-

self an actor in
a play a

****** mystery
also a slave

toiling in the
fields teaching

himself to read
a woman

murdered the
actor says

I have seen
the large beast

the slave escapes
journeys to the

shimmering sea
pursued by

bounty hunters
the ghost watches

himself wash out
his coffee cup

begins his
day as usual