somewhere in the kitchen
that come out at movie time
when the TV is the only
candle in the room
they cross in front of the screen
and add a realistic touch to
creature movies haunted houses
old dusty cellars and attics
and late-night porch scenes
or the one we saw last night
of a kid concealed in a closet
in his poorly lit bedroom
as a moth flew in front of
the villain who paused and
happened to follow its flight across
the room to where the boy
was hiding and flung open the doors
while I with folded newspaper
took off after that moth
so gifted at hiding
and never leaving a clue
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