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Date Posted: 08:59:35 10/25/01 Thu
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Jim AKA Rapid-Fire
's message, "No Exaggeration" on 18:25:38 10/24/01 Wed
A great read no matter how many times you read it! So cute!
>The candle wax melting upon the floor,
>late at night I hear the creaking of the door.
>It's no exaggeration that I have a fear,
>that an unwelcome intruder is very near.
>
>Knowledge is power, that's what they say,
>I sure hope that truth is with me this day.
>I'm afraid of my own Nightmare On Elm Street,
>should I remain brave, or admit defeat?
>
>Bravery is something you can't imitate,
>no way will I simply laugh as I wait.
>There are frequently asked questions about living here,
>others before me have died of their fear.
>
>An amulet on a garlic necklace around my neck,
>guess it can't hurt, so what the heck.
>There's tale of a velvet lined casket in the cellar
>below,
>somewhere that I've never had the courage to go.
>
>I hear footsteps in the dark closing in on me,
>I look and I look, but nothing I see.
>Fearing desparately for my own life,
>in my one hand I hold a butcher knife.
>
>Don't know whether I should stay hidden or run,
>then I think what if the intruder has a gun?
>From the fire place, maybe I'll grab a piece of
>firewood.
>a blow to his head would probably do some good.
>
>Somehow I will make it out of here with my life,
>and be able to resume a life without this strife.
>I can feel his presence behind, and I swing that log,
>but stop immediately, the intruder's just a puppy dog.
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