Twas The Night Before Halloween

By Audrey Anne King

Twas the night before Halloween

And all through the house

Every creature was stirring

Even the mouse!

The skeletons were hanging

With the ghosts at the grave

Medusa came out

And the witch came to play

The vampire and wizard

Were both hanging around

With Eve (Bride of Frankenstein)

And her Hell-Hound.

I was dressed all in black

And my man in his cloak

We were starting to party

And getting all stoked!

When the clown and the scarecrow

Dropped in to say “Howdy”

We sprang to the door

To see why they were rowdy.

When what to our blank, vacant eyes did appear

But a miniature Thing –

Dr. It (whom we fear).

With her little black med kit

And a bottle of wine

We knew in a moment

She was really quite fine

She was dressed all in curls

From her head to her feet

With her arms hanging down

Barely passing her knees

Reaching into her bag

She pulled out a huge needle!

The scarecrow passed out –

(she was feeling quite feeble)

The clown started laughing

And grabbed his balloons

We all started floating

Dancing under the Moon

There were pumpkins

And tombstones –

Zombies and bats –

Spider webs and sugar skulls –

Chocolates! And Rats!

We danced and we played

Underneath the moonlight

Till the morning came

Then we all said

“Good Night”