When her parents first heard
their five-year-old daughter
talking to an imaginary friend
they thought it was normal
harmless for children
to have imaginary friends
until things got dark
she said her friend was dead
but in their house
concerned, the parents questioned
her about the dead, imaginary friend
she told her parents the friend
was buried in their back yard
the little girl led her parents out
to the alleged burial spot
drew a circle around it
the parents got shovels, began digging
found the bones of the imaginary friend.
Bob Boyd