(very slow… whisper… tense)
When I was a kid…
I used to check under my bed every night.
Just to make sure…
nothing was there.
(slight pause)
Last night…
I heard a voice.
From under my bed.
(silence)
It sounded like… my mom.
“Come here…
there’s someone in your room.”
(my breathing gets heavy)
I froze.
Because…
my mom died… 3 years ago.
(shaky whisper)
Slowly…
I leaned down…
to look under the bed.
(long pause)
And I saw… myself.
Curled up… shaking… whispering—
“Don’t look at it…
it already saw you