The Tapping at the Window

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There’s a tapping at my window

At 3:02 AM

Maybe it’s a bird

Or maybe it’s a man

Do I dare take a peek?

I do

I lift up my blinds

A figure standing the dark

Stares back at me

I rush into my parent’s bedroom.

“There’s a man outside my window.”

They carry me back to bed

Tell me to stop being silly

And to go to sleep

I try to obey.

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There’s that tapping again.

I get out of bed.

And go check again.