Scary

I passed some brownstones on my walk
All set for Halloween,
And several had the scariest
Displays I’ve ever seen:

Evil-looking monsters,
Webs with spiders, huge and black;
Zombies looking like they’d love
To leap out and attack.

A ghostly bride with tattered gown,
A clown with moving eyes;
And ghouls and vampires waiting
For some souls to terrorize.

This wasn’t friendly child décor
But really scary stuff.
I think a smiling ghost and pumpkin
Might have been enough.

The obvious intention, though,
Was doubtlessly, to shock.
At night, I know that I would hate
To walk down such a block.

I miss the Halloween of old
And wish we could go back
To a time we’d have a little scare
And not a heart attack!