Night of the Living Dead

Along with a haunting horde trick-a-treating Dressed as ghosts, ghouls and goblins, Dancing dwarfs and teetering giants, Despicable despots and snarling demons, Pirates, warlords and mercenaries, Blood-sucking vampires and wolverines, Dracula, zombies and Frankenstein, Skeletons, Spiderman and scarecrows, Walking deads or the Grim Reaper, Pretty princesses or the wicked witches, We too tagged along with this wild and weird looking carnival, Hiding our sinister thoughts and evil designs behind our smiling Joker's masks to garner the most candies and toys with our macabre charm! Very much so as in our mundane lives Each morn after a fitful night, We put on the masks of good cheers and civility, Hiding the day's concerns and care, Envy, hate and jealousy behind a hypocritical smile and keen dress. But on this eerie night of Halloween, We get to let our masks down for a while! ~"Halloween Poem" contest by Carol Eastman