When you look out
Into the night sky
And witness spectres
Flying fast by
You come to realize
With ghastly surprise –
Tonight is the dreaded All Hallows’ Eve.
Pumpkins carefully carved
With ghoulish grins,
Their glowing eyes follow
The passing crowd’s sins –
A dark presence is felt
A rank order is smelt
On this malignant All Hallows Eve.
Old gnarly trees
Groan, rustle, creak,
Branches stretch to ensnare
Those who dare sneak
Beneath their canopy,
Oaken dryad’s glee
Throughout this dastardly All Hallows Eve.
Moon crimson orange
Graves split open
Hands outstretched
Smoke lifts to Heaven
The whole Earth shakes
As it burns at the stake
Driven through its heart on All Hallows Eve.
With discerning eye
For the spiritual,
The Everyman screams –
Satanic ritual
Carried out perpetually
Beyond what stilted senses see
On the never-ending raucous that is All Hallows Eve.
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