The Night of Halloween

'Twas Halloween Night, and throughout the cold house,

Every critter was creeping; every rat, bat, and mouse.

The pumpkins were laid by the door in a line,

With their faces all twisted and carved and designed.

The children were hidden by covers up to their chins,

Alarmed of the witches who wanted their skins.

Their parents' mild comfort was a half-hearted endeavor

But it did not assuage the kids' fears whatsoever.

In the distance there sounded a petrifying howl

Of the werewolf that made the children fearfully scowl.

They saw through the window his shadow on the moon,

And they stood banging on their parents' door quite soon.

Their parents didn't believe their tall tale until

A wicked form appeared perched on the window sill.

The poem "The Raven" swam through their minds

As the children began to scream and the parents threw shut the blinds.

The TV began to display lots of static,

So the family fled for shelter up in the attic;

However, to their dismay, when they turned on the light,

A banshee omitted the screech of the night.

The family shrieked and fled from the room

As from the basement came a loud clank and boom.

A maternal ghost appeared muttering, "Sorry for the noise;

My son was just trying to play with his toys."

They scurried down the stairs through the freezing apparition,

Not caring about the cold as they fled with desperation.

They skidded to a halt as the door crashed to the floor

And they stared up at a giant whose presence chilled them to the core.

He shouldered his way violently into their home,

Accompanied by a dog with a mouth full of foam.

They flew into the kitchen where a figure stood staring down,

And when he looked up, they saw a terrifying clown.

He began to approach them with rotten teeth bared

As they stood in the archway, trembling and scared.

A man then stalked in and swept them behind his great cape,

Revealing pointed teeth from his mouth left agape.

But before Dracula could take any of them for a drink,

Into the vampire's leg did the family dog's teeth sink.

The family could barely cry out their relief

When the dog's rapid demise drew out their grief.

A slinking and sneaky black cat crossed their path,

And they turned around to face a wretched green witch's wrath.

A Frankenstein monster snatched up the kicking girls, holding true,

Trying to dump them into the witch's smoking brew.

An evil laugh sounds from the rooms darkest corner

As the girls yelped and kicked out in their horror.

A a giant skeleton stepped into the room's center,

Laughing as he greets them saying, "I am this night's inventor."

The clock in the town hall dinged, signalling midnight,

And the lanky figure called out, "Come, my children, out into the moonlight."

As the Pumpkin King ushered his many minions out,

He stated, "Happy Halloween to you all," with an overly joyous shout.