I felt a tremor shake the house

on the night of the storm

thunder roared as lightning shattered the sky

 

I heard weird sounds in the night

like an elk crying

a buffalo snorting

 

I hid under the blankets

with just my elbow sticking out of my jacket

I pulled it in, when it got chilled

 

I summoned up the courage

to investigate an irritating banging noise

I heard it coming from the carport

 

slowly I climbed down the stairs

one step at a time

the noise seemed to be getting louder

 

the lightbulb hanging from the ceiling

was swaying back and forth and banging

a bucket on the floor was filled with red bloody liquid

 

what’s going on?

I stuck my pinky in to identify the bubbly

OMG…it was delicious beet juice

 

just then I heard my alarm clock go off

my mother yelling at me to get ready for school

grateful to end this nightmare of a dream