A ghost-ridden, sinister-spooky night devised
for children's entertainment is it? October 31
chosen to expose the childlike and the naive to
good clean fun and delectable treats in the interests
of emphasizing how productive mock-sly threats can
be in prodding home owners to play the game
or face the shame of denying children their just
awards in preparation to face the world of maturity.
Truth is those pre-teens indulge their parents and
society's subterfuge in the pretense the game is on
as they prowl from house to house through unfamiliar
streets on cold, windy, wet nights with no intention
of spoiling the spectral sight of ghouls and goblins
hanging, dangling skeletons enlivened by ghastly
sounds of moans and groans enhanced with orange
spotlights gleaming on lawn-entrenched graves
shuddering at the absurdity of it all yet reluctant
to disappoint adult expectations much less waste
the offerings humbly accepted from simperingly
delighted strangers on this costume-haunted day of
mawkish memory in adult-inspired entertainment.
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