Happy Halloween

In the Dark of the Moon

In the dark of the moon,

Beware! Have a care!

Of the ring at the door

And nobody there.

Of the soap hieroglyphics

On the clean pane;

Of hushed, ghostly giggles;

Of steps down a lane.

Beware! Have a care!

Of the small shape in white

With a pumpkiny lantern,

Its features alight.

No use to be looking

Stern, staid and sober-

Better turn goblin

This night in October.

~Kitchen Sonnets by Ethel Romig Fuller