Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A DIFFERENCE, by BURGES JOHNSON



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First Line: Whenever I can't go to sleep
Last Line: While mother's in the hall!
Subject(s): Children; Fear; Parents; Childhood; Parenthood


Whenever I can't go to sleep
Though I have said my prayers and all,
Around the room queer noises creep
And lights and shadows dance and leap
Above me on the wall.

The dark gets full of dreadful things
That tiptoe round and round my bed—
I hear the rustling of wings
And little creaks and whisperings—
I dassent turn my head.

But when there sounds upon the stair
My mother's footstep, drawing near,
The dark just turns to empty air—
And all around there's nothing there
To cause a bit of fear.

Then I imagine, one by one,
The things that scare me most of all;
They make the little shivers run
Along my back. It's lots of fun—
While mother's in the hall!





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