HAYWIRE Issue 2 Fall 2013
HALLOWEEN
by Naomi Plitzko Scherer, 9th Grade
Whirring needles and motherly sighs
The tireless hands of parenthood flying
Over costumes of orange and black
Personality alterations
While flakes of gold and expectation
Hang heavy in the air.
Candle-light grimaces beckoning
Fragmented memories surfacing
With greedy hands and gap-toothed grins
Gray ghosted breath and candy smiles
Vampire fangs and fantasy
Hovering in the night.
The gauzy curtain flung aside
Between festivity and cold reality
Fire quenched by icy white
Alter egos stored away
Realization collapsing in
Like pumpkins in the snow.
Painting by Louisa Schnalke, 12th grade
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