in horror stories
a common barrier
is the characters inability
to accept the supernatural
or the monstrous
or simple danger
denial is frequently
the prominent villain
and most horror stories
like many genre yarns
function as allegory
so what does this oversight
have to teach us
our disbelief
in the boogeyman
does not mean
he is not hiding in the closet
our unwillingness
to acknowledge our problems
our refusal to process them
does not mean they are not there
that they are not lurking, feeding
waiting to be confronted
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