Where will you be tonight?
Out seeing how many folks you can scare?
You must look an awful fright!
Are you going to bob for apples?
And soap all the windows in sight?
Will you hide and wait to jump out and say "BOO"
To Jesus on this spooky night?
Will there be black cats, witches and goblins?
Kids hurrying for their trick or treat?
Will a parade of grotesque characters
Move eerily down the street?
Will you get to be in a contest
For cute little Mister Halloween?
Will you get to reign over all the fun?
Oh, how great that would be!
Are there Jack-O-Lanterns in windows?
Do skeletons dance in the air?
Is there maybe even a fodder shock?
Does Indian corn hang everywhere?
I hope this spooky time will be
The most fun it's ever been.
Just because you took him to Heaven, Lord
Please don't let his Halloween end.
-Alice M Carroll
"Granny"
Oct 2002
Thank you Granny, for your beautiful poetry.
