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Sleep little girl, drift into the night,
the Sandman is here, so sleep tight,
his long fingers tapping,
on the cold window pane,
his eyes frosty, glinting,
like a madman insane,
with a magical flick,
he turns into dust,
and in slithers Sandman,
like a sandy gust. 3
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Sleep little girl, drift into the night,
the Sandman is here, so sleep tight,
he shifts into shadows,
like a twisting snake,
in his eyes is a gleam,
a malice awake,
he creeps towards you,
fangs bared in a grin,
the Sandman droops down,
and bites into your skin.5
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Sleep little girl, drift into the night,
the Sandman is here, so sleep tight,
but your eyes are agape,
body twisting in fright,
as he gnashes his teeth,
your lips open wide,
and soon you are screaming,
yet out comes no noise,
and the Sandman is laughing,
he has stolen your voice.7
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Sleep little girl, sleep into the night,
the Sandman is here, so sleep tight,
he yanks your little teddy,
from under your arm,
at your crying he cackles,
says it will not be harmed,
yet he strangles its throat,
and rips it apart,
out comes not cotton,
but a bloody, beating heart.9
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Sleep little girl, sleep into the night,
the Sandman is here, so sleep tight,
with his black long nails,
he tears open your mouth,
and stuffs in the heart,
till you painfully shout,
then from the shadows,
his hand brings an axe,
the silver blade glints,
and falls down with a thwack.11
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Sleep little girl, sleep into the night,
the Sandman is here, so sleep tight,
sleep little girl, sleep into the night,
the Sandman is here,
and he fares you good night.13
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Silver trophy winner
Adding your comment:
This is definitely not something you'd want to read to a kid. They probably won't be able to sleep a wink for weeks.
Doesn't need one anyway. 
The repetition of the first two lines of every stanza gave it the greatest effect. 
Thanks for the comment! I appreciate it!
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—a nightmare, that is. You painted such a realistic scene with your lyrics; I had to go check on my youngest.
I pointed out the few things I noticed in the text.
This was really well written and I liked how you repeated the first two lines 
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