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Hello Halloween



Hello Halloween, another year has come between
You & I & all of the things that we have both seen.
The plastic fantastic & the terribly drastic
With everything in-between that's now seen as past it
Has become the raison d'être for those still in credit.
But I nostalgically rhyme of a time when chips were
Served with fish & not intrinsically part of machines
That answer my phone, order goods & infect my dreams.
Oh, how I long for those days of red phone call-boxes
When massive shopping centres were still verdant copses
& just crossing the road was not dicing with death.
Yes, it was so much less complex in those days of yore
& compared to today it must have all been a bore!
Just how did we survive all those winters before?
So, goodbye Halloween, it's been fun on the scene
& I'll see you again & again I'll vent spleen.










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  • LalalalaLoopstah gold member
    October 27
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    Very fun rhyme scheme! Halloween is actually the only holiday that I think gets better with time, though!


    • Cynewulf
      October 27
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      I'm Celtic in descent & this time of the year is always a bit spooky for me. Nos Calan Gaeaf was the New Year.

  • ea silver member
    October 27

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    ah, it can be quite festive but I agree about all the merchandizing that has taken over; how few make their own masks and costumes anymore like they did in days of yore. Its even come to the Black Forest a bit now (wasn't here at all 10 years ago, and they don't really need it what with their ultra Fasching fest in February with the wooden masks.)


    • Cynewulf
      October 27
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      Oh yeah, I forgot about trick or treating...

      I know a few tricks with a piece of 4x2.


  • just mercedes gold member
    October 26

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    Another year marker approaches, another sign of time's passing. They run together faster, it seems, and we long for the slower pace of memory. Good poem here. Yes, I remember when chips were edible and a telephone was fixed to a building. It's easier now to stay in touch, but do we say anything when we communicate?


    • Cynewulf
      October 26
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      Thanks. Yes, it's nostalgia time yet again. Also proves I can rhyme after all! I remember when phones had curly leads & actually had a bell ring! lol.

      Communication is over-rated anyway.

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