Tricks Today

I wonder what the tricks are now
For once, they used to be
Some splattered eggs or toilet paper
Draped around a tree.

Another one was sidewalk chalk
All crushed within a sock
Which then was bashed against a stoop,
Much to the owner’s shock.

The treats are much the same these days,
Though home-made ones are gone,
Yet are there any people left
To play those tricks upon?

For candy-holding-backers
Will pretend they aren’t there
Or else the consequences might
Be more than just a scare.