Ghouls and Goblins Draped In Snow, 1991
Alex, only 3-yrs. old; insisted I take her out in the blinding blizzard!
She knew which neighbors had candy!
Snow drifts were swirling over 3-ft. by now!
I told her "Alexandra, if you'll put a snowsuit over your costume,
i'll take you down to the corner and back, but I'll have to carry you!"
Time began shifting in tremulous tides of Antarctica
Carved pumpkins changed faces; heckling us, glowing in frozen stares
The storm was blinding us with sideways pelting frozen ice and snow
Can’t move my feet
Next thing I knew, nothing was there
no houses...no street....just doom....
With snow piling high the streetlights submerged
Another world lurked now six feet below
The candy seemed strange not quite from this place
Frozen like mummies a bitter aftertaste
It’s then that I knew I’d better hurry home
Save myself and my kids from what I don’t know
Blinded by snow with nowhere to turn
We spun three times ‘round and found ourselves home
11/19/10
8:21 pm
Remembering the great "Halloween Night Storm" of 1991,
My Daughter Alex was determined to go out! I had to carry her
All done up in her costume!
Copyright © James Marshall Goff | Year Posted 2010
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