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Happy Halloween

Each night father fills me with dread

As he sits at the foot of my bed

I don’t mind that he speaks

In gibbers and squeaks

But for seventeen years he’s been dead.


From The Listing Attic, Edward Gorey. Circa 1954.

For some gory Gorey, see my Compulsions.

Happy Halloween.

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Keep your girl children out of outfits that sexualize, and keep yourself out of outfits that infantilize.

Boo

Peace

15 Thoughts on “Happy Halloween

  1. that’s some freak stuff. I’
    ve never heard of gorey.

    happy halloweeen
    we’re going to stay home to pass out candy and then head to a local waterinfg hole for the game.
    .-= jake´s last blog ..Flu and such =-.

  2. Whene’er you feel lonesome and daunted,
    Just visit a house that’s been haunted.
    The swirling dead
    Encircling your head
    Should sure make a witch feel wanted.

    WooooOOOO
    .-= Doug´s last blog ..The Reformation of Wolfshausen =-.

  3. Witches and goblins, spooks and elves,
    With sprites and gnomes from elf-land delves,
    Tonight are flying here and there,
    Yes, up and down and everywhere.
    For this one night in all the year
    They rule the earth and bring great fear
    To all the naughty little boys
    Who tease good girls and break their toys.

    These spooks they also make girls sad
    When they are selfish, cross and bad;
    So when it’s dark, bad boys and maids,
    They see these awful fearsome shades,
    And that is why with covered heads,
    They trembling lie in their warm beds.

    But even there they goblins see,
    Spooks and gnomes, and all that be
    Abroad upon weird Halloween
    When all the wizards may be seen
    By naughty kids and grown-up folks
    Who like to play most wicked jokes.

    But good young girls and gentle boys,
    The kids who are their mothers’ joys
    They like the dark just as the light,
    For spooks never come within their sight,
    And in their dreams they lovely elves
    Show them bright scenes from fairy delves.

    So, if tonight you are afraid
    Of any spook or any shade,
    We’ll know you are a naughty child,
    So cross and willful, rude and wild.

    ;)

  4. Good job I didn’t wear that huge chuckie outfit then…

  5. I love the aura around Halloween, the opening of horror movies, the smell of leaves, the shadows in the woods.

    I’m partial to scoby doo.
    .-= g´s last blog ..Scooby Doo =-.

  6. Wasn’t some of Gorey’s stuff considered nursery rhymish? Pretty ghoulish stuff for kids.
    .-= kait´s last blog ..Great Look, Nice Price =-.

  7. The foulest stench is in the air
    The funk of forty thousand years
    And grizzly ghouls from every tomb
    Are closing in to seal your doom
    And though you fight to stay alive
    Your body starts to shiver
    For no mere mortal can resist
    The evil of the thriller

    (That’s from a relatively obscure Vincent Price monologue I once heard.)
    .-= Bone´s last blog ..Don’t be happy, just worry =-.

  8. Happy belated Halloween Coop.

    I’ve never really celebrated it much. Growing up we really weren’t allowed to. Now that I’m older I can’t say I ever think much about it.
    .-= Chris´s last blog ..Repubs: Health Care Reform is Worse than Terrorism =-.