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    A Nightmare Diary
    A Nightmare Diary
    A Nightmare Diary
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    A Nightmare Diary

    By Chris McGuinness

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    Slice-of-life poems from a small town where black cats have overrun the cemetery, dead clowns clog the sewers, and no one acknowledges the low chanting coming from the woods.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChris McGuinness
    Release dateAug 16, 2013
    ISBN9781497717466
    A Nightmare Diary
    Author

    Chris McGuinness

    Chris McGuinness is a writer and poet. He lives in Belton, Texas.

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      Book preview

      A Nightmare Diary - Chris McGuinness

      I.

      Nothing ever happens

      in this town

      Except

      The annual school talent show

      and the Christmas light parade

      And that time

      all the twins disappeared

      Nothing ever happens

      in this town

      Except

      When the football team

      makes state

      Or a new car dealership opens

      and everyone gets free hot dogs

      and pop corn

      and ice cream sandwiches

      Or when the wind is just right

      and you can hear

      low moans and screaming

      rising up from the old quarry

      late at night

      Or when that weird fog

      rolls out of the woods

      and the rabbits and deer and spiders

      glow in the dark for a week or two

      after it leaves

      Or when the mayor

      has too much to drink

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