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# In The Attic
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/in-the-attic/
- Published: 2022-07-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-07-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: Why do monsters choose the attic and the shade under your bed? Surely there are more dramatic places they could hide instead? Some will choose an old broom closet and I've heard one scholar posit that the real monster...
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Short Poem, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

Why do monsters choose the attic  
and the shade under your bed?  
Surely there are more dramatic  
places they could hide instead?  
Some will choose an old broom closet  
and I've heard one scholar posit  
that the real monsters hide  
not outside you, but inside