THINGS THAT TERRIFIED ME IN 4TH GRADE
Published in
Feb 13, 2021
- Dad
- Morning stomachache
- “I don’t want to hear it. You’re going to school.”
- Losing my milk money
- The kid who exposed himself
- The thing he exposed
- Tether ball
- Four-square
- The jungle gym
- Walking home alone
- The alley behind our house
- The German shepherds that lived across the street
- The razor strop
- Cockroaches in my clothes
- Our basement
- Mama’s blank face
- Afternoon headache
- “Go outside and play.”
- Hide and seek
- Tag
- Snowballs
- “Why’s she crying again?”
- My sister’s horror comic books
- “You’re not budging from the table until you eat every one of those carrots.”
- Twilight Zone
- Bedtime
- Shouting from behind my parents’ bedroom door
- Scratching noises under my bed
- The Outer Limits soundtrack
- Sleep
