Do not let them....
Draw the curtain
Extinguish the flame
Press paper to window
Paint the pane
Do not let them see
Tiptoe quietly
Breath without a sound
Brush not the walls
Drag not the gown
Do not let them hear
Hide your fear with perfume
Burn incense in the room
Carefully scatter petals
Mask the impending doom
Do not let them smell
Back into a corner
Hide under the bed
Pull the covers tightly
Over your tiny head
Do not let them touch
If everything else fails you
And they're breaking down the door
Send yourself to the cornfield
Wish you'd not been born
But do not let them taste
3-29-03@4:35 p.m.