Ruby Tuesday
When you are falling
From the sky
Your stomach stays
In time
And comes up
As your mouth
Goes down
And when
The string of insides is
Gone
You get torn
Outside in
This is why you
Should be afraid
Of heights
At night when you sleep
Mouth agape
The legs are barely felt
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Up the bed and over the
Neck
Into the mouth
The tongue feels the tickle
Mouth shuts
Reflexes swallows
This is why
You should be
Afraid of spiders
You don’t know what is
Out there
Because it is blank
Whatever it is can
Make non-existent noise
What was that?
Oh you know
This is why you should
Be afraid of
The dark
People are strange
Some are even wicked
This is why you
Should be afraid of the
World and everything
In it
Including yourself
