Ilene Bauer Poet Limerick

A Different Halloween

Well, Halloween’s different this year – 
More things that are real we must fear
And with no trick or treat
There’s no junk I can eat
So of candy corn I can stay clear.

Home and stoop decorations are few
And there’s hardly a costume on view.
When I walked down the street
I expected to meet
Little kids in their dress-up debut.

Chalk it up to another thing lost
And I wonder – what will be the cost?
Will we snap back real fast
Or will somberness last?
For the former, my fingers are crossed.

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Caren Krutsinger November 3, 2020 at 4:58 AM My husband drove off to pick up a pizza on Halloween. He saw three trick-or-treaters all heading to the same house in a ten mile trip.

John Watt November 1, 2020 at 3:33 PM I cross my fingers with you, ilene.

Rico Leffanta November 1, 2020 at 10:15 AM COVID-19 is scary enough! Best keep the children home and safe so they can celebrate Halloween some other year! Aloha! Rico

Beryl Edmonds October 31, 2020 at 6:08 PM It’s such a shame, will it ever be the same. For children especially, it’s a blight, childhood should be the best time of one's life. The poem says it all... Belle

Anne-Lise Andresen October 31, 2020 at 3:27 PM - Storm and rain ... no trolls or witches here ... maybe they have a party in their cave on the mountain, Ilene - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Tom Cunningham October 31, 2020 at 2:54 PM There doesn't seem to be an end to it, just tonight we've heard we have another lockdown until 5th December. They say the second wave is worse than the first. Hope there isnt a third wave like the Spanish flu. Hope you're well Tom

Jan Allison October 31, 2020 at 2:13 PM so sad the kids can't go out and have fun, its not quite the same doing it on zoom :-( lets hope this time next year things will be different. Hugs jan xx