As Tom’s eyes opened, the pulsating door beckoned

Him to closet. Something growled from beyond and grinned.

He felt a twinge as if a childhood monster came.

Some creature craven lurking in wings without name.

With head under covers, Tom sensed fear as the cause.

He shakily pulled himself from under sheet with pause.

As he dragged his feet from their tether to floor,

Something bumped against from shadows and nothing more.

He thought some misfit shoe shaken from its repose.

But there’s tug at ankle from under bed. Oh nos..