Halloween costumes often reflect the news cycle. When that happens, the results can be disturbing. That was the inspiration for this Typewriter Rodeo poem.
The Horror
last night the ghoulies came to my door
the ghosts and the goblins as well
six harry potters, two snapes and a ron
casting their trick or treat spell
some of the costumes got bloody
but only a few truly scared
the tween who was dressed
as a late mortgage payment
was not one from i’d prepared
then there was the gang of kids
all dressed as their own climate changes
the flood carried water, the drought
had her dust
and the displaced had her dolls in cages
it seems that for some kids
(like brave little Greta)
the world
has enough real stuff to make terror
and if that fills us older folks
with regret
i think we must admit that’s our error…
trick or treat!
Produced by Laura Rice
