I am a psychotherapist/psychopharmacologist. I work with a platform where patients can not only schedule their own appointments, but they can also cancel them. This style of scheduling is a new phenomenon that puts a strain on real life relationships.
I have now become too familiar with the term ghosting: a person’s sudden disappearance without any proper communication. Even something as seemingly impersonal as when someone makes an appointment on my online calendar and then deletes it before we’ve met can fall into this category. Here in six lines is a poetic expression of the perturbing phenomenon.
Please, dear client, I would appreciate even a brief explanation when you disappear.
Gratefully, Dr Jane S.
P.S. Please feel free to offer your comments and experiences.
jsimon145@gmail.com
Being Ghosted
I’ve been ghosted and must pick
up the slack, crossing off the names
of those who have shucked me off their list.
My brain will tidy up the matter
with an intellectual broom of
the mind janitor sweeping the hallways clean.
