The Haunting

For Acme's Halloween Contest

A hound from Hell howls.
The banshee wind shrieks.
An alleycat yowls.
The old front gate creaks.

Unspeakable things
Creep through the dark night,
And each moment brings
A terrible fright.

A zombie awakes.
A wild witch takes flight.
A vampire partakes
Of his nightly bite.

Pale legions of ghosts
Now flit 'round my door.
The ravenous hosts
Haunt our town once more.

I cower in fear
As ghouls prowl the street
For soon they'll be here
Shouting "TRICK OR TREAT!"