Halloween Night

Come with us Halloweening. We’ll frolic in the streets. We’ll race from house to house to house Spouting “Trick-or-Treats.” And eagerly we’ll each collect Confections in a bag. Fellow ghouls, we’ll abandon you If you even start to lag! No slackers in OUR party As we dash from door to door. Unlit locations far removed Instinctively we ignore. Our goal: to get all we can hold This wickedly winsome night, This “Hallowed Eve” of children’s dreams For fancy and delight. A time that kids’ imaginings Collectively take flight In form of costumes of all kinds- Of whimsy and of fright. For Dale and I, that’s part of the fun, But even better yet Is what we’ve counted the days off FOR- The bounty we’re going to get! And through the dark we onward dart. Watch as we trespass People’s lawns, but yards with dogs We cleverly bypass. And when we need to go back home To get more paper sacks, We drop off treats we’ve got so far, Then quickly double back. . . Until we’ve covered every block Of every foreknown spot That we had ever frequented And some that we had not! Then good and late we homeward speed With just a little dread, For darkened windows greet us And most folks have gone to bed. We throw our candies on the floor, So much there is to eat! We count each chewy chocolate bar, Each popcorn ball and sweet. We toss out raisins, apples, Tiny suckers, silly fruit, Or give them to our siblings Who received too little loot. Then off to bed, our day complete, We dream of how we’ll feast Each day with glee, while savoring Our treasury of treats. For the Halloween Night Poetry Contest of Nayda Ivette Negron