Boogeyman

Feet patter through the leaves of the oak wood Her breaths frantic blond hair bent back Stops swivels and pivots seeing all she could Body sways and she prays for air to catch Then she see it lurch, lips grotesque, “Snack” Another step, “Come back,” hairbreadth snatch Her screams echo through the trees, crack Snap, tearing of tendon and chop chop hack Careful where thy wander for under the covers, a monster hovers, in wait, to tear rip and peel and ribbon flesh from bone, you and your lover Boogeyman emerges burst reanimates ashes Looking for little boys and girls souls to steal Rictus cadaver of a mannequin after he bashes Your brains in with his talons, meaty meal to this manifestation that’s not fiction but real That creak in the floor above the sound below, in the basement or the scratches in the walls, he’s there waiting to lick lather eel eyes aglow take you some where dark and festering calls He is your fear shhh dear he’s here feel that Too late for you I’m afraid he sees you And what he sees he ceases and disappears