Blankets

Little kids who go to bed
Very often wake up dead
Around their necks the blankets wrap;
While they sleep, their necks go, "Snap!"

Wake up choking in the night
Find the blankets tied on tight
Yank and pull the awful noose
Die because you can’t get loose.








From the ongoing series Lucifera's Questionable Daycare Poems & Stories.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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