Just a bad dream.
Heard you scream.
Fear in the bloodstream.
Coursing like morphine.
Felt you kick and curse.
Spouting free verse.
Fighting something perverse.
From a heroic universe.
Tossed and turned.
Fresh sheets churned.
Terror returned.
A misery unearned.
Body jerked and shook.
Limbs bent and crooked.
Like a jagged fish hook.
From a horror picture book.
Then sudden quiet and calm.
Didn’t raise the alarm.
No longlasting harm.
The peace like a balm.
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