Hauntings

Halloween spirits reflected through the inner child in all of us...

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As days shorten...

and darkness expands...

the scare-crows witness...

the final season's harvest...

come alive...

through the eyes of Jack-O-lanterns...

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Crows caw loudly...

announcing rivalry...

over the scraps...

yielded by gutting the pumpkins...

to create mystique...

as Jack just smiles...

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Skeletons come out of closets...

hanging quietly...

Smirking as if they know something...

Looking at by-passers...

with hollowed eyes...

seeing beyond...

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Cauldrons begin to boil...

as witches stir them...

Ingredients unknown...

Imagination a must...

Brooms standing in corners...

Frazzled from flight...

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Mummies, werewolves, monsters...

all gathered in yards...

Wild lawn parties thrown...

as ghosts gawk...

Silently booing...

while left in the night...

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Tombstones mark paths...

to coffins abandoned...

as spirits shed energy...

haunting... inviting...

Traces of magic dwell...

within...

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Final day of October...

All this creative energy alive...

Children bring light's rays...

knocking on doors...

while costumed in imagination...

yelling..."Trick or Treat!"...

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Rod Hatter

October 14, 2021