The Scared Boogeyman

Ivana Milaković
Sep 4, 2018 · 1 min read
“photo of leafless trees” by Ihor Malytskyi on Unsplash

A boogeyman woke me up.

“Your daughter scares me,” he said.

“I know,” I replied. “She scares me, too. Do you think we could defeat her together?”

“I was thinking about moving out,” he answered, and that’s what we did.

We’re much happier now.


Published first at A Kitty Dreaming About Wings.

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