you grow up and
your problems get bigger
sure, that makes sense, but
nobody warns you that
so do your friends'
it's Halloween
I've learned new fears since
dressing up as a pumpkin in the 1st grade
it used to be faceless monsters
lurking in the dark,
now my friend's little sister
can't get the help she needs,
her parents don't believe that
the monster in her closet
is now trapped inside her
rattling her rib cage
it used to be big kids out
early, when we were trick or treating
but now the cops are at another friend's house
and they might take the kids away
all five siblings, while she's hundreds of miles away
the fear of separation that big is far worse
than any screams behind bushes or pranks on houses
how do you tell a 6-year-old to find a new family?
it's my last Halloween as a kid
all I see are haunting reminders
that fictional horror
ain't got nothing on reality
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