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Night Terrors

February 21, 2018
By Cambo1 BRONZE, Hartland , Wisconsin
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Footsteps stomp in the closet.
Coldness finds me and grabs my foot
To my right, its eyes stare.
The monster’s teeth pierce my nerves.
My heart freezes at the screeching meow.
Tis the cat, pouncing around.

© Sindha A., Champaign, IL

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This is written in a Korean poetic form called sijo 

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