Jessica Amanda Salmonson Poet Rhyme

In the Bushes

In the bushes lurked a man
Keeping handy 
Bits of candy
Luring children in the bushes
Where he hit them,
Scratched them, bit them.

If a man hides in the bushes
Don't go near him
If you hear him
In the bushes with a club
He will beat you, 
Cook you, eat you.






This is another unpublished early poem, circa 1969, from the forever-after ongoing series "Lucifera's Questionable Daycare Poems and Stories."

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Caren Krutsinger April 4, 2018 at 2:39 AM Terrifyingly true; which is why I think Hans Christian Andersen or Mother Goose made up the Gingerbread House in the first place, to warn children to LISTEN to their GUT feeling!

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart April 3, 2018 at 10:01 PM This is so fabulously creepy :) fun stuff xomo