The Ghost of Poe

If one day while I'm still of this earth,

We could raise the dead, a modern rebirth,

There is something you should know,

I would raise the ghost of Edgar Allen Poe. 

I wouldn't sit there and ask about his greatest work,

I would be there smiling, acting like a cheerful jerk,

For what if he wrote a love story like air,

Feeling good, fresh, no death or despair. 

Could this  be his greatest work to date?

But I wouldn't stop there, just you wait!

I would raise the ghost of Mozart too,

A true anarchist, through and through,

Give him a guitar and amp to clunk,

What are the odds his music would come out punk?!?

Forget Sid Vicious, there's nothing to compare!

Mozart's the anarchist, the rebel, this I declare.

So what about someone unfamous, like me,

Would anyone raise my ghost, just to see?

What could I do in a thousand years time?

Maybe just to see, I think it's time I die!