(After a Provincetown Workshop - Oct.2005) <br /> <br />If it is possible <br />for a man to gratefully <br />give up his ghost. <br /> <br />Returning at will <br />from a safe distance <br />beyond humanity's touch. <br /> <br />Reaching through <br />to graze our foreheads <br />with one finger. <br /> <br />Leaving an imprint <br />that must be washed away <br />by wordless worlds. <br /> <br />This is Franz Wright.<br /><br />Cheryl Lynn Moyer Peele<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/this-is-franz-wright/