Halloween

 
 
I
Black cat posing
on a fence post.
 
Weird sounds in
the dark.
 
Karloff's playing
in the lab.
 
Lugosi's lying on
a slab..  
 
lock the doors.
 
 
II
 
Pumpkins  
sitting on the
front porch  
harvesting  
joy and  
imagination  
in their drupe
expressions as
they whisper..  
 
Ichabod..  
Ichabod where
are you?
 
III
 
The most
beautiful night
is when our
true natures  
are revealed  
by the mask
we wear...
 
the magic
of
pretend