Closet Door
When I wake up in the morning and open my closet door, I’m afraid that instead of the light from my room shining into my closet, the darkness from the closet will fill up my room. Could this ever really happen?
———- from Clair J, Age 7 of Portland OR
Of course, it could. If you’ve been bad. When bad little children open their closet doors, they’re often engulfed by great impenetrable waves of darkness. This is just nature’s way of testing you to make sure you’re mature enough to watch prime time television. Remember, there’s nothing to be afraid of. It’s just a shadow. Small wonder we’re so afraid of shadows when most of humanity forms their conception of reality by staring at colored shadows that dance around inside a box! It’s not your fault you were born in the television age. You have a right to be neurotic.
Of course, it could. If you’ve been bad. When bad little children open their closet doors, they’re often engulfed by great impenetrable waves of darkness. This is just nature’s way of testing you to make sure you’re mature enough to watch prime time television. Remember, there’s nothing to be afraid of. It’s just a shadow. Small wonder we’re so afraid of shadows when most of humanity forms their conception of reality by staring at colored shadows that dance around inside a box! It’s not your fault you were born in the television age. You have a right to be neurotic. 