Seance

We’re all creatures of this world
But not all of each other,
Unequally each other.

A voice in my head
Said, quite politely,
“Excuse me. If you don’t mind,
I would like to testify.

I don’t believe we’re allowed
To explain things once we’re dead,
But I can’t not break the rules.”

You are and you can, I said.
You can explain for ages
After you’ve died, but only
In those words you had alive.