Halloween

Halloween
Trick or treat (Pied piper)

Excitement filled the air.
Halloween night…
Thick dark mist covered,
A cold ghostly spirit appeared,
The earth was still,
As fear gripped,
Revenge was sweet,
The payment due!
Curse came back to haunt,
Like a plague of rats.
A stranger from the past,
Roamed the earth,
Pied piper of Hamelin,
In multi-coloured cloths
Back from the grave,
His silent sounds called,
As he blew his pipe,
The children followed,
Dressed in their witches costumes,
Black and scary, 
Blood stains dripping,
They danced behind,
As he led them out of town,
Trick or treat!
Trick or treat!
Trick or treat!
They sang in joy,
As he threw them sweets,
One hundred and thirty,
Children was led,
And disappeared.
Never to be seen again.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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Kamoonpuri Avatar
December 6, 2017 at 11:55 PM
Does this refer to the bubonic plague? Then the pied paper inclusion in allegory was such a creative witty idea. Awesome freeverse poem. Kudos. So nice to read from your pen again. Pls do review my latest poem too.
Parveen Avatar
October 22, 2017 at 9:50 AM
Dark and eerie Wendy, good write:)
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