Put Them Back

Now I lay me down to wake…

Apr 14, 2025

∙ Paid

A drawing of a bedroom scene superimposed over a photo of a tree. The scene is dark with monsters below and next to the bed. A figure is laying in bed with a foot stuck out from under the covers. Everything is drawn in hard sharp lines, weirdly simplified. Garish colors serve to make the darkness seem darker by contrast. Art by Doodleslice 2025 — Nightwake, by Doodleslice 2025

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I liked them better 
Lurking under my bed
Ya knew where they were
You could trust what they said

Honorable monsters
Savage breath, needle teeth is
Content in their place
Lurking, waiting beneath is

Here slips a toe
From under clean sheets - yum!
But rules they obey
And nightlights defeats ‘em

I trust my old Grumpkins
I …

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