What Will You Be for Halloween?

"What will you be for Halloween,

Dear little son? Let's see…

What could you be for Halloween?

What would you like to be?"

 

"I want to be something very scary--

Something that makes the people wary…

A villain who has a spooky face

And makes the world an uglier place…

Who represents an antihero…

Whose record shows he's batting zero…

Who causes suffering everywhere

And acts as though he doesn't care.

That's what I'll be for Halloween;

That's what I want to be."

 

"What will you be for Halloween,

Dear little son? Let's see…

What could you be for Halloween?

What would you like to be?"

 

"I'll be the meanest person of all,

Who has no sense of protocol…

Maybe the biggest liar on earth,

Whose only care is what he's worth…

Who many call a political hack

Or a selfish egomaniac…

Who drags the people's names through the mud…

A vampire who is out for blood.

That's what I'll be for Halloween;

That's what I want to be."

 

"What will you be for Halloween,

Dear little son? Let's see…

What could you be for Halloween?

What would you like to be?"

 

"I want to make people ill at ease

By kissing up to enemies…

I want to make my critics cower,

The ones who say I abuse my power…

I want my poisonous words to flow

And boost the art of quid pro quo.

I'll pretend I'm heaven sent,

And so I'll be the PRESIDENT!

That's what I'll be for Halloween;

That's what I want to be."

 

-by Bob B (10-31-19)