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My Pet Monster

The Monster Under the Bed

By Piper SchillingPublished 6 years ago 1 min read
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They say monsters

Are evil.

They harm you

And take you to bad places.

I think they lie.

There’s a monster

Under my bed -

He’s really nice.

He’s reads me stories

And tells me jokes.

He’s my friend!

He tells me of his home

A lovely place

With lovely people.

I wonder why he didn’t stay,

But he’s going home

Tomorrow.

I’ll miss my friend.

I’ll miss his big eyes

They were different -

One had a weird line

Through it.

I’ll miss the weird

Eye spikes he had.

He would put marshmallows

On the ends,

Making me laugh.

He would always grumble

About the mess left,

Covering the scales,

And a bit of his fur.

I’ll miss his smile.

It reminded me of

The Cheshire cat.

He had large teeth,

And they were sharp,

And they always had weird stains on them,

But he never told me what they were from.

I trusted him -

He was my friend,

My only friend,

And I’d miss him dearly.

He was to leave

In only a few hours

When he made his offer.

He’d take me home

With him.

He said he’d miss me too much,

Otherwise.

When the time came,

He started crawling farther

Under my bed,

And smiled brightly at me.

I started following him,

Laughing as he cracked a joke.

It wasn’t until I heard a scream

That I knew something was wrong.

My mom dragged me

From under the bed.

And hit my friend,

Still screaming.

She told me later,

That it was for my protection

That she did what she did.

As time went,

I forgot about my friend,

But I could swear -

Every now and then -

That there was someone

Watching me.

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