Cats and bats and witches’ hats
The color of spilled ink,
Jack-o’-lanterns at each door.
I think I saw one wink!
Echoes bounce from house to house
In waves of “Trick or Treat”
As distant sounds of barking dogs
Come drifting down the street.
An owl questions who we are,
These strangers in the night,
All dressed up in eerie clothes
Beneath the pale moonlight.
A skeleton goes running by
Beside a fairy queen,
What is this happy, haunted night?
It must be HALLOWEEN!
©2009 Charles Ghigna
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