My friend told me about the ghosts at work Three of them that act like a jerk Turning on radios when he would walk The sound of foot steps without the ring of talk Hiding his three-wheeled bicycle in different places Closing doors to the outside in darkened places Who are these ghosts that haunt this place One was killed on a press that destroyed his face The two others are older ghosts from another time When bowling alleys and pins were made when a dime was worth a dime They want their privacy like anyone would See, it is you who are in their home doing no good Soon they will have the place all to themselves after December Until the wrecking ball comes some day to render A place they once called home To haunt and to roam
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Posted: Jan 2017
About this poem:
The plant is in Dubuque and I have been in it twice, though I didn't get to experience any ghostly disturbances.