What I never knew

When I was two

my mother told me my dreams would come true

But what about the nightmares, too?

Until I grew

I hadn't a clue

that things could happen out of view.

For beneath the bed with little ado

something emerges to give bad children their due

Last night do you think the monster grew from eating my shoe?

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