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A Celtic Ghost Recalls
Although my time is timeless on this earth,
I still recall when days of gold turned cold
and how we all believed this new year's birth
was eve that spirits roamed; bad ones grew bold!
We'd leave our homes unlit and uninviting
lest spirits might possess our souls this night.
We gathered round the fire our priests were lighting;
whooped like ghouls to give the ghosts a fright.
Through history came changes; then a drought.
I followed my descendants to the shore
of strange new land where kids with glee go out
this so-called "Halloween" from door to door.
My forebears wrongly feared the likes of me.
To think this night is mainly for the candy!
Andrea Dietrich Copywrite 2001
Someone within 200 miles of your town claims to have had direct contact with a monster, ghost or other unexplainable being.
No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face.
~John Donne
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