What is a ghost?

Dancing tissue statically charged on a child’s crown

What is a song?

Sierra October November Gone

What is a truffle?

My or your pleasure, sweet or earthy, planted soiled treasure

What is a fog?

A side effect of the stress, screened for hours, clouding the rest

What is a cheese?

Coagulated photographic memory, sourfaced

What is a salt?

My mood

What is a thunder?

My demeanour

What is a clove?

I ate this question, clenching my jaw as my throat tightened