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A Halloween Fable
By Brett A. Starr on October 6, 2021

Creepy haunted organ playing Bach's Toccata & Fugue conveying

To goblins, ghosts, and ghouls if able - Listen to this gastly fable:

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Double-double whisker trouble. Razor dull is tearing stubble.

Droplets crimson red are falling. Skin condition - quite appalling.

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Hair is frizzled; gray is flowing. Sleep deprived, and wrinkles showing.

Muscles aching teeth gums bleeding. Bones are fragile, hair receding.

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Shirt is stained and pants are torn. Socks have holes and shoes are worn.

Chairs and couches cloaked in linen. Whole house needs a new beginnin'.

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Night is dark, with rain and foggy. Headache pounding, feeling groggy.

Trick-or-treaters now arriving. Freddie Krueger's glove with kniving.

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Jason, Chucky and Darth Vader, Captain Hook and pirate raiders.

Monster Frankenstein comes nearer. Dracula not seen in mirrors.

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Candy handouts given fickly. Thank you's rare; departing quickly.

Suddenly through ascertainment. Intense compulsive sound arrangement.

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Playing 'neath the candelabra, 'tis Weber's "Phantom of the Opera."

This labyrinth where night is blind. The phantom is inside your mind.

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History tends to repeat itself. Despite the books upon the shelf.

Autumn season quickly fading. Life's conclusion - no evading.

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Heed this with respectful ears to extend your Earthly years.

Cherish your family and don't you pout, 'er the goblins 'il git cha if ya don't watch out!

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