Skeletons

Skeletons in the closet

- what a stupid cliché.

I didn’t put them there.

But they rattle

Disturbing.

I close my ears and ignore them for now.

I am a civilized female

I cook healthy food for my family

And set the table nicely.

But that sound

is disturbing.

It’s going to wake up that medieval witch.

I keep her down

I force her in a burka

And add double earplugs.

We battle.