Monster

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It must exist in the closet or under the bed

with musty fur that throws jagged shadows,

knows the fears that you keep intimately inside,

be all mouth, claw, tooth, full of all hungers,

and oh, it must be large, LARGE!- and THICK-

the fallen image of a once ancient space,

the guardian at the entry of the  mystery-

and above all, when you scream MONSTER!!

the first time you see it, it will be yourself.

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