You don't have to be a house to be haunted

One need not be a chamber—to be haunted—

One need not be a House—

The Brain—has Corridors surpassing

Material Place—

 

Far safer, of a Midnight—meeting

External Ghost—

Than an Interior—confronting—

That cooler—Host—

 

Far safer, through an Abbey—gallop—

The Stones a’chase—

Than moonless—One’s A’self encounter—

In lonesome place—

 

Ourself—behind Ourself—Concealed—

Should startle—most—

Assassin—hid in Our Apartment—

Be Horror’s least—

 

The Prudent—carries a Revolver—

He bolts the Door,

O’erlooking a Superior Spectre

More near—

 

-Emily Dickinson

 

Done