Misconceptions

Not all monsters are terrifying.
Some lay low, cowering in corners, waiting for the shadows to disappear.
Some just sleep, too discontented to reason their way out of solitude.
Others are mean, manipulative, but love their sisters.
Many gossip, sharing rumors of balding and tooth decay.
Each wanders, untrusting, to her own scene of fright,
Remembering Grandmother tales of monsters as romantics,
Wondering what made them emigrate in the first place.



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