Half moon high In a deepening sky The clouds like spider cotton, Like blue ivory husks betwixt Umber grey misty fog, The diablerie of dusk Dark sky and stars
The streets flooded, a river of headlights, flashlights, Sidewalks’ pedestrian traffic, An Armada of munchkins, crowds Strolling by Chinatown’s Crisp neon plazas, A necropolis bright with Cartoon sharp signage Accessorizing restaurants with Jade And gold, foot spas And red doors… Horrors of hangings Roast ducks and pigs decapitated…
Yet the evening is dressed finely still All eyes lurking Shadows floating by Not to be forgotten tonight Dias de las Muertos En espanol…
While down the road Neighborhood way Skitters Lilliputian creatures In shells of Saver’s costumes As squeals of laughter festoons Boulevard life with Tiny tintinnabulations Like baby rattlers Against the dark (Maracas for chupacabras)
Timorous parent folk Encouragement as company, They Scurry past Down dim spatial street In demand of what is given freely From each and every door Treat and sweets Caries galore All their tricks cached in grins Of baby teeth turn candy corn…
Mischievously the meek milk All Hallows' Eve For Hallowed be the glee Even tho' beneath The web of grey cloudy sky Life is precious To deny The thirsty as it rains
Misery’s loss deep dismal graves, We should live in celebration Childlike everyday Sing and dance In the October rain In this wonder Like rattlers against the dark
Far from wastes of Hollow wind and pain, Chilling cries, bleeding eyes, Undead the unseen From this cirque city of sins Offsprings on the strip Fearless on the boulevard Treating & tricking With ole candied lies…
All done up in bright disguise Happy Halloween.
Revised from All Done Up in Bright Disguise. Happy Halloween 2019