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Behind the wall,

Did you check there, mom?

Did you check below the world?

The light is scary,

Turn it off

Bloody Mary.

I don’t like dark,

What if there’s a shark?

What if there’s a question mark?

Or a parents remark?

I woke up to the sound of glass,

I looked at the mirror,

I knocked four times.

There are monsters under my bed,

They claimed they have names:

“Mom and dad”, they said.

Bees are frightening.

Stop laughing at me!

Did you see the huge one?

Or the one that killed your family?

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