Halloween Poem #31:

Run of the Mill Hayride Halloween
by Michael Romani

From the first snowflake that fell that day
It was a near certainty that the tricks at play
Would make every headless horseman see and know
That this extraordinary moment would be a show

The trick or treaters were out in  their full force
With parents and grandparents there but, of course,
Finding their joy in watching children shiver and shake
As they streamed from home to house plundering their take

All in all, the fun in the fun was as much handy
As the pumpkins filled to the brim with so much candy
Two of the young tricksters probably had in their head
The past weekend's exploration of the Day of the Dead

The jack-o-lanterns with their candles fully aglow
Wink at the pranksters as if fully there in the know
As to which house gives the best candy and which won't
Lining up the tricks to be played even if they don't

Witches, goblins and shimmery white robed ghosts
Offer their own thrills and chills scarier than most
Or so the little ole white haired lady will say
Though she knows she's willingly hoodwinked with child's play

Happy, happy Halloween this year of twenty nineteen
I hope it's one of the best that you've ever seen
All Hallow's Eve leads to its November day
But candy lovers count it as another Halloween on the way

(c) October 31, 2019  Michael Romani
All Rights Reserved