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Scared of the dark

Papa, papa tell me what you see?

Yellow eyes my boy, ugly grinning teeth.

Quickly, quickly we must run and hide!

Tell me why papa?

For that is what, goes bump in the night.

When I am big and strong, will you show me where the monster, it sleeps?

Never my boy, it is too scary for me,

Stay hidden, stay quiet, keep your eyes under the sheets!

HELP, HELP a young man shrieks!

The eyes the eyes, they curse me please,

I need someone to grab him now, hold him down and remove his cowl

Familiar faces look through my heart, remove this monster from the dark.

The fog has lifted and my hands are wrapped, around the throat of the mirror, smiling back.

🌷(3)

◄ Pointless

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