"Halloween is the night where little kids can scream like little adults and adults can scream like little kids."
John Carpenter

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An Inspired #WRITCO Work
(thank you Ruth and John)

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Once upon a midnight dreary, in a pumpkin patch so eerie,
Where the fog was thick and cheery, and the moon was as round as a sphere-y,
I, the Great Pumpkin, lay dormant, waiting for the night to declare,
The coming of the spookiest season, where fear and laughter dare to share.

Oh, how I've watched through the years, with my carved smile so wide,
As children in costumes converge, their eyes sparkling with delight.
Their whispers of "trick or treat," a sweet, ghostly symphony,
Echo through the streets, full of tricks and treats, a festive anomaly.

In the world of Peanuts, young Linus waits with hope so bright,
For my grand entrance, believing without a smidgen of doubt or plight.
While Snoopy and Woodstock frolic, their costumes a delightful jest,
And the gang all gathers 'round, hoping I'll put their fears to rest.

But here in the pumpkin patch, where the shadows play and dance,
Lurks a creature of folklore, Pumpkin Head, with a grin so intense.
He's not your average jack-o'-lantern, with a candle's gentle glow,
He's the stuff of nightmares, a scream queen's favorite to show.

With costumes of the creepiest kind, from Freddy to Michael Myers,
To Chucky, the doll that's not so kind, with his knife and bloody sneers.
Vampires with capes so dramatic, fangs gleaming in the night,
Werewolves howling at the moon, a hairy, terrifying sight.

Witches on broomsticks, hobos and ghosts, oh what a merry mix,
As zombies stumble and moan, a ghastly, shuffling clique.
The...