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A nauseous nocturne

Another night deprived of slumber,
Hours passing without number.
My eyes trace 'round the room. I lay

Dripping sweat and now quite certain
That tonight the final curtain
Drops upon short life's precious play.

From the darkness, by the closet
Comes a noise, much like a faucet
Makes: a madding drip-drip-dripping sound.

It seems some ill-proportioned beast,
Anticipating me deceased,
Is dripping poison puddles on the ground.

A can of Mace, a forty-five
Is all I'd need to stay alive,
But no weapon lies within my sight.

Oh my gosh! A shadow's creeping.
Ominous and black, it's seeping
Slowly 'cross a moonlit square of light!

Suddenly a floorboard creak
Announces the bloodsucking freak
Is here to steal my future years away!
A sulfurous smell now fills the room
Heralding my imminent doom!
A fang gleams in the dark and murky gray!

Oh, blood-red eyes and tentacles!
Throbbing pulsing ventricles!
Mucus-oozing pores and frightful claws!

Worse , in terms of outright scariness,
Are the suckers multifarious
That grab and force you in its mighty jaws!

This disgusting aberration
Of nature needs no motivation
To devour helpless children in their beds.
Relishing despairing moans,
It chews kids up and sucks their bones,
And dissolves inside its mouth their li'l heads!

I know this 'cause I read it not
Two hours ago, and then I got
The heebie-jeebies and these awful shakes.

My parents swore upon their honor
That I was safe, and not a goner.
I guess tomorrow they'll see their sad mistakes.

In the morning, they'll come in
And say, "What was that awful din
We heard last night? You kept us both from sleep!"

Only then will they surmise
The gruesomeness of my demise
And see that my remains are in a heap.

Dad will look at Mom and say,
"Too bad he had to go that way"
And mom will look at dad, and nod assent.

Mom will add,"Still,it's fitting.
That as he was this world quitting,
He should leave another mess before he went."

They may not mind at first, I know.
They will miss me later, though,
And perhaps admit that they were wrong
As memories of me grow dim,
They'll say, "we were too strict with him,
We should have listened to him all along."

As speedily my end approaches,
I bid a final "buenas noches"
To my best friend here in all the world.
Gently snoring, whiskers seeming
To sniff at smells (he must be dreaming ),
He lies snuggled in the blankets, curled.

HEY! WAKE UP, YOU STUPID CRETIN!
YOU GONNA SLEEP WHILE I GET EATEN?!
Suddenly the monster knows I'm not alone!

There''s an animal in bed with me!
An awful best he did not see!
The monster never would've come if he had know!

The monster, in his consternation,
Demonstrates defenestration,
And runs and runs and runs and runs away.

Rid of the pest,
I now can rest,
Thanks to my best friend, who saved the day

The End
(THe Essential Calvin and Hobbes)