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Monster Under My Bed

Ashley Arnold

He's the cracks in the floor,
The hole in the wall.
He's the raps on the door,
The steps down the hall.

He's the monster under my bed,
The monster inside my head.
He creeps in without warning,
Leaves me weeping til mourning.

3/7/21
By Ashley Arnold
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Scheme ABAB CCDD XX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 240
Words 47
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 2
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