Mine Lived In the Closet Too

My monsters live under the bed, the five-year-old said.
I remembered those days, those nightmares.
Mine lived in the closet too, I told him.
His eyes grew eight inches in diameter.
Not the wisest move for a twelve-year-old babysitter.
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Lusardi Avatar
May 20, 2021 at 8:28 AM
Ah ha ,, cleverly put, it catches the reader, funny, yet dark??
Wolf Avatar
May 19, 2021 at 5:16 PM
Ha, ha, ha! You didn't!... Uh, yes you did! Oh, and we were so grown up at 12, weren't we?! lol. Funny bone's going off over this one, Caren. :) gw
Krutsinger Avatar
May 20, 2021 at 2:31 AM
I thought I knew it all at 12.
Hankins Avatar
May 19, 2021 at 8:13 AM
Funny! Sometimes twelve-year-olds just don't get it. Yet.
Krutsinger Avatar
May 20, 2021 at 2:31 AM
We are just not quite "there" yet.
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