i realized tonight that places are not haunted, people are. i was fucking haunted, stumbling through that lot in the dark. with every step i was unsure of what brittle bones my footfall would crunch. the only ghost i ever faced was a chainlink fence and a lock that wasn't there before. it was long after i'd hopped it, and was under city lights that i realized there was no moon.

my ghosts are kind. nothing bad has ever happened to me.