After chip beef
Gravy over toast
Television then
Green Eggs and Ham
One Fish Two Fish
Red Fish Blue Fish
Dad snapped
Off the lamp
And my terror
Of the night began
I was certain
The darkness
Created ogres
That would devour
My little body

Not until twenty
Too alone
In two rooms
After work
After an omelet
And a little
Hardy or Dickens
Did I confront
The monsters
The fear that
Consumed me
I snapped
Off the light
And shouted
At the blackness
Taunting evil
If you want me
Here I am
Come get me