Halloween
In disgust,
The creepy and the crawly,
The weird and the ungodly,
And even the scary and terrifying,
Gathered together Halloween Night,
Praying it would be a trick-or-treater free sight.
“No one wants any decent spells,” the witch grumbled,
“All they want is love and money,
Looking good and getting skinny.
If it weren’t so sad, it might be funny.”
“At least you don’t sit all day,” the jack o’ lantern cried,
“Fearing you’ll get carved up or made into a pie.
Ol’ Bob got bought and painted to look like a princess—
Pigtails made of yarn and rhinestones glued to his head!”
“Oh blah blah blah,” the ghost mimicked,
“I’m a pumpkin and I’m so persecuted.
Kids today aren’t scared of anything!
Walking through walls, moving stuff across the ceiling—
I set fire to curtains the other day and they just giggled—
GIGGLED! If I were a poltergeist, they’d be screaming.”
“At least you don’t have a movie franchise,” the vampire groused.
“A bunch of teenagers wearing glitter mooning around,
Fighting with werewolves like a bunch of clowns.
Getting girls has never been easier,
But instead of just their blood, they want forever!”
The black cat licked her black paw. “It could be worse,” she mused,
“You could all be running the streets in cheap costumes,
begging for candy for bratty children,
just to put them to bed and be called a villain.”
The creatures looked at each other and shuddered,
For the cat was right.
Perhaps it was the perfect Halloween night.
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