Halloween Countdown Day 19: When I Was A Kid

When I Was A Kid

When I was a kid Halloween was the best

Second only to Christmas; better than the rest

These days it’s just not quite the same

In many regards it’s now kind of lame

When I was a kid we wore costumes to school

And the girls did not dress slutty, as a rule

Most costumes came in a Ben Cooper box

And on TV they’d give Charlie Brown rocks

When I was a kid, every Halloween night

We’d go trick-or-treating, but not in the light

For everyone knew you must wait until dark

When jack-o-lantern eyes glowed so stark

When I was a kid, most of us candy-seekers

Found it very important to wear our sneakers

So we could run faster, except for maybe

In snow you’d wear boots (if you were a baby)

When I was a kid we used old pillowcases

Not orange plastic pumpkin buckets with faces

You kept trick-or-treating ‘til your bag was so full

You carried it like Santa, over your shoulder, no bull

When I was a kid all the parents stayed home

To pass out treats to the goblins who roam

We needed no escorts, me and my friends

And. imagine that, none met untimely ends

When I was a kid you’d get all kinds of sweets

And people still passed out their homemade treats

Mom’s popcorn balls were a favorite, it’s true

Caramel apples wrapped with wax paper, too

When I was a kid, Halloween was still scary

With everyone wearing things creepy and hairy

No fairytale princesses, no superheroes

Those kinds of costumes were only for zeroes

When I was a kid there was one night a year

When we could go out and face our fear

But that was what made Halloween so neat

And what the heck is this lame ‘Trunk-Or-Treat’?