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A Date on Halloween
A walk in the woods
my date insists
to a dilapidated home
why not roam.
Once inside,
the temperature changes
a cold spot
to warn of the dangers
Upstairs a silvery-white apparition
with no definition
my date laughs
and I join in.
A door slams
I jump in shock
then a chair rocks
and I grab his hand.
Ice dances
up my spine
but his
touch gives me hope.
Can they hurt us?
No, we'll be fine, he blurts.
Then a blood-curdling scream
roots me to the scene.
Too scared to move
what does it mean?
I ask my date.
but he's nowhere in sight.
I shiver in sheer fright
too scared to turn
beyond frightened to learn
who it is
that's holding my hand
this Halloween fright.
Yolanda Renée (C) 2021
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