story time for the little one

before he'd go to sleep

at night

i use

to read to my son

the usual

books, sitting in the rocking

chair beside

his little bed.

Dr. Seuss, Curious George,

The Man in the Yellow

Hat,

Peter Pan,

or Treasure Island,

etc.

but after a few months,

he got

bored, so i had to make

stories up.

he loved the ones where

Santa Claus would go nuts

and rob

The First National

bank,

blowing up the safe,

while his sled 

and reindeer waited on

the roof

with a few elves.

at some point Batman

would be involved,

Wonder Woman,

and Lex Luther.

occasionally a flying saucer

invasion

would take place

threatening the future of

the world.

green men and ray guns.

vampires would rise

from the dead

and start biting people,

turning into bats

and attacking children on

the playground.

once an earthquake

cracked open the walls of the insane

asylum,

and all the crazy people

escaped

wrapped up in straight jackets.

i'd tell him

a horror story

that Hillary had been elected

as President

after rigging the election

and was painting the white house

in rainbow colors.

at this point

he'd get scared and start crying.

saying no, dad, no.

then his mother

would come into the room,

which ended story time

for the night.