October 31st, 1984

 

On Halloween in Eighty-Four

There came a knock on my front door

I thought it was someone from town

But out there stood a Circus Clown

It said to me, “It’s tricks or treats!”

So I gave it a bunch of eats

I said, “If you will pose for me,

I’ll take a picture for folks to see”

I took a quick snapshot of it

It only stayed a little bit

It said, “It looks like it might snow,

And I have lots more places to go!”

Some other ghosts gave me a scare

Then I sat down in my easy chair

And thought, I’m glad they call came here

And they’ll be back again next year

D.B. Cox

October

October is a lovely month

When the leaves start looking like gold

It isn't overly hot this month

Nor it isn't overly cold

That's when we start to reminisce

About things old and new

Like Columbus, who discovered us

In Fourteen-Hundred-Ninety-Two

Halloween will soon be here

With goblins in masks and sheets

And when they come around that night

They tell us "trick or treats"

It reminds us of when we were young

We were always short on jack

Our biggest thrill was to upset

That little house out back

Those little houses have long been gone

We've now grown old, and so

We'll just relax in our easy chairs

And dream of things from long ago

D.B. Cox