Spirit Arithmetic
One nick.
Two nick-
els. Three lic-
orice twists before
bedtime. Four hours
of a leaky faucet. Five times
five times now. Six spoons I swallow.
Seven scratches upon the sun. Eight elms
invisible to the eye. Nine knots in a blonde braid.
Ten attics in this house. In this one we store strangers.
Copyright Credit: Adam O. Davis, "Spirit Arithmetic" from Index of Haunted Houses. Copyright © 2019 by Adam O. Davis. Reprinted by permission of Sarabande Books, Inc..
Source: Index of Haunted Houses (Sarabande Books, Inc.)