"HOBNOBBIN WITH GHOST AND GOBLINS"
Written by Dolores Faye Thorn

Halloween arrives with a haunting yellow moon
Black silhouettes fly across the sky astride their magic broom
Heeing and screeching in an eerie raspy pitch
Yet comical in character, the grinning green faced witch
Potions from big black pots are slowly brewing
Thick jolly bubbles are rising and spewing
Skeletons are marching from the graveyard grounds
Loose-jointed bones are making click clack sounds
Ghosts are among us from their R.I.P.s
Whaling ghastly noises that chill and tease
Their frowsy figures make us shudder
With a whisk of sheet white misty flutter
Singing it's our time to twist and shout
As they merrily flounce and dance about
Vampires awaken from long slumbering sleep
Swirling their capes in a tango leap
Teeth long and sharp, all ready to bite
They slither about in the dark of the night
Bats flap their wings and hang oddly upside down
On limbs of gnarly trees, they make a spooky little clown
The creepy werewolf howls
Eyes glow from angry owls
Sleek black cats prowl
Their green eyes scowl
Creepy Spiders pitter-patter
Making kids teeth chatter
All things this night
Intend to freight
Even Martians invade
This night of ghoulish masquerade
Children love to "Trick or Treat"
For candy or other goodies to eat
They love parties for hobnobbin
With other goblins for apple bobbin
This night of fun and play
Blithely vanishes with the light of day
Facing those fears and acting ghoulish
May seem silly or just plain foolish
But tonight will mock in childish delight
All things that go bump in the night
And until this time again next year
Ghost & Goblins will disappear!