CREATURE

I was visited last night by a
creature.

It slunk under the bed and waited till we were all the way in REM sleep.
It was 2 feet long, had bright green eyes, a hard shell, slobbered all over my hardwood floors.*

Creature
postured, shuffling to get himself ready
SCREEEEEAAAACH*
He howled a Sashquatchian yell.

David and I pulled the covers to our chins, each of us hiding our trembles.
"david... did you...?"
"yes."

He got down on all fours
Slowly peered under the bed only to see
Creature's two green eyes
A heinous growl came from the darkness and*
David jumped back onto the bed.

What would we do? How were we going to survive? There was a vicious creature under our bed wanting us dead, served charbroiled on a sesame seed bun.

It was quiet now.
Just the hum of the ceiling fan.
David turned on the lamp
and got down on all fours
slowly peered under the bed only to see

Nothing. The creature had left as wicked as it had come.


*There was a tiny beetle who made a very loud clicking/hissing noise. David scared it with the flashlight and it was quiet for the rest of the night.