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The Boogeyman "Lay your head down child I won't let the Boogeyman come" another infamous Tool ballad blares out of the speakers. "Go back to sleep, go back to sleep..." James (now 14) hits the power button and says to himself Ha! There ain't no boogeyman in my closet anymore! Kids stuff! Then turns out the light for the night... An hour or so passes, the wind blows erratically outside... The bedroom window is open just a crack... just enough so the wind ruffles the curtains... and brings the chill of the night in with it... James wakes up about then wondering why he shivers because right about then the wind completely died He looks to the window, shrugs, gets up and closes it As he turns around it hit him again, the chill with no wind... He shakes his head to rid himself of this eerie feeling Cracks his neck a couple of times and laughs, weakly Come on stud you're a big boy what are you scared of "Lay your head down child I won't let the Boogeyman come" Now laying back in bed that Tool song repeating in his head over, and over, and over, again, it won't stop He's starting to get uneasy, along comes another chill That awful feeling when something bad is crawling up your spine... Then suddenly his closet door creeks open just a crack What the !*%?, instinctively he pulls his sheets up to his chin Now he's freaking, shaking, perspiring, and watching but nothing comes out, why won't it just come out... "Lay your head down child I won't let the Boogeyman come" Now he hears a faint something, a soft scratching What the hell is happening, he whispers I didn't do anything Then in his head he heard, "Not believe in me", it's coming... All of a sudden the door fly's open and James screams uncontrollably screams while wriggling in his sheets Yelling Please don't hurt me, please I believe, I believe Then his cat Jester jumps up onto the middle of his chest... Poor James just about had a heart attack and peed his pants right in his bed as Jester starts purring and licking his face No it can't be? It was, James accidently shut Jester in the closet "Lay your head down child I won't let the Boogeyman come" He never listened to that song ever again... 05/24/16
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