The Monster in the Moon

Shhhhhhhhhhhh.

I am the victim: the one-you-relate-to person.

I'm 7 or 80 years old,

invalid, simple, afraid, or alone,

jealousy object you obsess on.

It's coming: (huh!)

the mean man (huh!)

sssneak snake (huh!)

crazy lady,

demons (huh! huh!)

devils (huh! huh!)

covid bat,

the life canceling screen of the unseen machine.

I am in hiding

in the place where you know they'll find me:

in the back of a closet of coats,

under a bush, bed, ten layers of clothes,

Locked in behind walls of life savings (but they can't).

It's coming (huh!):

To strangle (huh!)

stick stick (huh!)

suck my soul,

shoot me (huh! huh!)

eat me (huh! huh!)

take my I.D.,

cut, disfigure me for the fun it could be.

This is the day

you knew would come.

Been waiting for it:

The monster in the moon.

No mother can help you now

And no one listens anyhow.

We're all alone in this house.

So go ahead and scream really loud.

Ah. Ah. Ah.

I try to be very quiet

And small on my spacial diet.

If I think hard maybe I'll be

Translucent, floor colored, quilt textured, PLEASE!

Take it all I'll have laryngitis.

I'm crawling (huh!):

throat slit (huh!)

no voice (huh!)

Not better than you,

under (huh! huh!)

needy (huh! huh!)

severed spine,

going nowhere.

broken,

not pretty,

feels good,

people love the victim

you won,

I don't breathe,

don't exist,

my soul rose to my mouth then I spat it out.

This is the day

you knew would come.

Been waiting for me:

The monster in the moon.

Nobody can hear you now

and no one cares anyhow.

We're all alone in the house.

So go ahead and scream really loud.

It's never your time, you see,

except this time here with me.

We're all alone in this house.

So go ahead and scream really loud.

Ah. Ah. Ah.