All Hallows’ Eve, so much mystery
Black cats and witches and objects of dread
Some six thousand years of satanic history
The Celts, pagan festivals, the Day of the Dead
Each kid at our school had a homemade costume
So funny, the boys wearing big sisters’ clothes
Ghosts and devils took over the playground
And silly small clowns with red paint on their nose
The streets were a threatening place in the night
No adults, we children went out on our own
Just when we thought that we’d conquered our fright
We’d hear down the block a deep death rattle moan
Few things after twelve match Halloween night
Disguises, the darkness, the candy, the fright 
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