Gershon Wolf Poet Free verse

Do You Feel It Too

Do you feel it too
    You know, the graying of Halloween

  For several decades it was all the rage
    for Sonny-and-Cher-like adults, whatever their age

  Red-light district numbers sold like hotcakes
    along with ghoulish getups for opulent jakes

  Something happened though, can't put my finger on it
    maybe it started with Covid, like EVERYTHING else did
                              as the government reminds us...

  Do you feel it too
    Halloween's lost her old zipperoo

  Maybe the air is out of the balloon
    ~ for a bit

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Caren Krutsinger October 31, 2022 at 12:52 PM " Halloween's lost her old zipperoo" - not in my corner of the world. The kids at my school are jumping around with excitement - they all have costumes for trick-or-treating tonight!

John Lawless October 27, 2022 at 6:33 AM The costumes are non-biodegradable, not organic, and rely on "petroleum" based fabrics. nothing you can do will compete with what is seen every day on a street caustically called "the methadone mile", no pirates, bandits, sheriffs, vikings, or any other "weapon bearing" impersonations are allowed. And PRINCESSES......How insensitive.....