The Halloween Parade

The classes came out, grade by grade, In costumes for the grand parade, A hand-held sign announcing each, In lock-step with the ones who teach. A motor-scootered cop came first To make sure traffic had dispersed, While friends and families lined the streets To photograph or send out Tweets. We saw the first grade classes pass And there was Hadley with her class. As Ariel, she marched and grinned (In human form, not scaled or finned). The third grade group came up so fast We almost missed when Henry passed. He gave a glance but didn’t smile, As serious is more his style. A sweet event for Halloween For all the students to be seen Parading in the neighborhood As in this holiday, they should.