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Submitted to Contest #37
To all the Kids whose beds I apparently live beneath :)Hey, kiddo. I'm gonna start this off by telling you a big secret:I'm not a bloodthirsty monster ready to eat your little toes.Can you guess what I am, though? That's right, the Boogie Man. The one and only. So, I think I have some explaining to do, or better yet, some story telling. Maybe if you take a peek into my past, you'll kind of understand why I'm beneath your bed (apparently).It all started Sunday morning, me and my pops were going to church, praying to the good Lord- NOT.It just...
Submitted to Contest #35
Finally, It was the first day of Spring.I told myself I would do it. I told myself, I had better do it, I told myself I would be nothing more than a coward not to.A young man of fear. Intermingled with the pain of--- beep beep beep---My alarm sounded, although I had been awake for hours before, contemplating whether I should go back on my own promise. I clicked a button, silencing the continuous tones of the alarm, and rubbing my sleepless eyes, I got up.Another monotonous day to outsiders, perhaps, but in my head, and my heart, writhed a tu...
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