Hush! Can you hear it?! The ominous deathly
silence permeating the atmosphere. Look!
Can you see it? the dense darkness surrounding
dark houses, not a light to be seen anywhere.
If there are residents they conceal themselves
behind dark curtains, unwilling to see or be
seen. Ghosts, goblins and ghouls no longer
perambulate the streets, the fearsome taunts
of 'Trick-or-Treat' are unheard this day. The
moon, full and bright shines down on -- nothing.
For nothing moves, there is no welcome this
Halloween for children, crushed with despair
that chosen costumes meant to make onlookers
shudder and shake with fear, delighting the
wearers that represent danger to the unwary
the very adults who discipline the naughty.
This is their final statement on Halloween:
never again darken my door, threatening and
roistering, the pleasure is mine this evening
as dark a mood as can be imagined, the tables
turned, witches shrieking off into the wild
black sky, familiars perched purring on their
levitated brooms while the children anxious to
be horrified and fearful their opportunity is now
forever lost, mourn a world ruled by COVID.
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