Halloween or not

halloween or not?
halloween of course!
merry be the kids
scary be their deeds

for the love of candy,
they feed or bleed a neighbor,
or labour
in imperil.

it is all coming soon –
the weird capes,
the resembling apes,
the pointy hat and a half moon.

halloween, of course?
halloween of naught.
knock, knock who’s there?
halloween distraught.

leonell echa