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                                                                Halloween
                                                                Scene 
                                                                 
                                                                A creepy chill
                                                                comes oozing in
                                                                the night, 
                                                                Dead boneless
                                                                bodies tend to
                                                                float at will, 
                                                                Warlocks and
                                                                witches perch on
                                                                brooms in
                                                                flight, 
                                                                Green moon hangs
                                                                low upon a
                                                                haunted hill. 
                                                                 
                                                                Soft eerie winds
                                                                sigh moaningly
                                                                in trees 
                                                                As mystic vapor
                                                                permeates the
                                                                air, 
                                                                Old skeletons
                                                                arise to clank
                                                                in breeze, 
                                                                And grotesque
                                                                goblins dash
                                                                about to scare. 
                                                                 
                                                                Pale stars sink
                                                                stealthily
                                                                behind black
                                                                skies, 
                                                                Huge vampire
                                                                bats swoop down
                                                                to sneak a bite, 
                                                                Bloodcurdling
                                                                shrieks,
                                                                horrendous,
                                                                baneful cries 
                                                                Resound
                                                                throughout the
                                                                regions of the
                                                                night. 
                                                                 
                                                                These things
                                                                occur on each
                                                                All Hallow's
                                                                Eve, 
                                                                And ghouls will
                                                                eat you if you
                                                                don't believe. 
                                                                 
                                                                Copyright ©
                                                                1995 Ruth Gillis 
                                                                 
                                                                Previously
                                                                published in Chicken
                                                                Soup,
                                                                October 1996 
                                                                 
                                                                
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