Black cats hiss at ghosts on a solemn walk

Gremlins chase dead or dying leaves away

Pumpkins carved with faces frozen in shock

Bats awaken from their slumber to play

Crisp winter winds whistle through bony birch

Specters haunt the silent Corleone house

Moaning white skeletons dance in the church

A portrait of a dead girl in a blouse

Witches three chant o'er a pot that bubbles

Adding parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme

Turning tombstones to ashes and rubble

Careful now children, it's Halloween time!

Black clouds spit lightning into the dark sky

Flashes like yellow bones before my eyes