This poem came out of the October 16, 2011 bonus fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from
my_partner_doug and then
selected as a freebie in the poll. It follows "
Pet Projects" in the Monster House series. For more about the series, visit the
Serial Poetry page.
alien aquarium
-- a waltz wave
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watching
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monster
under the
bed and
girl
laughing,
looking in
aquarium
bogeyman
jerking
back
startled
by a wink
always
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watching
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