I am  looking forward to  Halloween

 I might dress up  to look like a  queen

I might be a pirate, a ghost or a witch

Or maybe a meanie who walks with a  switch

I like to  give candy  to  the kids ringing my bell

 They sometimes  say "thank you" and  wish you well

They look  so cute and sound so  scary

Some are angels,   but some are hairy

 We used to  dunk  for apples and play silly  games

Things aren't the same now, we don't know their names

 Some are not even from  this  neighborhood

 And  they'd rather be naughty instead of  be good.

But still I look forward to  the  nice decorations,

The kids and the  parties, for all generations

 I  like  the parades and the  noise and the  singing

 I love doing things that the Holiday's bringing

I  hang up  my  witches and fly them around

 I  carve a few pumpkins and they  sit on the ground

There's scarecrows and bats and all kinds of treasures

But nothing's as scary as the ghosts and their pleasures

 So I  keep looking  forward to  each Halloween

 Trying to make each one  more keener than  keen

 I  wait each October to bring out the dishes

 To  fill up  with candy and little kid's wishes

 I'm looking forward to this  Halloween

 I  want to  get out and do the  scene

 I  won't get candy or  knock on  doors

But I'll be a kid again  just like before

By Laverne  ©