A Halloween Carol – A Poem by Kelly D. Tolman and Qim Tolman
Posted by admin on October 24, 2010
Once upon a Halloween dreary
Sat little Johnny weak and weary
“What shall I be a goblin bold
A ghost so old
A super hero or a princess fairy
Or a vampire dark and scary”
And as he sat heard a creek
A step on the stairs and a shriek
“Who’s there,” he cried.
The ghost of Halloween past a voice replied.
A vision opened to his view,
As dorky costumes paraded through.
Wonder woman and Superman underoos,
Shee-rah, He-man, and the ooze.
“Save me! Save me!” Johnny said,
“There must be something better ahead.”
The vision closed. Johnny sighed.
“Whatever shall I be tonight?”
A ghostly wailing filled the room.
Johnny shuddered with doom.
“I’ve come to save you from cliché,
Vampires and werewolves are so passé.
This year the costume that will make them scream
Is the snot beast, oozing slime at every seam.
Then came a shrill yell
Like a long broken bell.
Johnny saw the grim reaper,
And wished he was a deep sleeper.
He took Johnny to a dark street
Where gross costumes he could meet.
The reaper said, “Gross is the best,
So be a snot beast like all the rest.”
Johnny thanked all the ghosts
That visited him in the night
To tell him which costumes
Would give trick-or-treaters a fright.
You may listen to the audio for A Halloween Carol here.
