Skeleton Bones!

 

Spooky, spooky skeletons

dancing on the lawn

their shadows move in firelight

to their favorite song.

Witch’s kettle on the flames

stirring up a stew

eye of newt and toe of frog

in their special brew.

From the woods there comes a howl,

an otherworldly sound;

watch dismembered body parts

crawl out of the ground.

Spooky, spooky skeletons

dancing on the lawn

while batwings whisper from their caves

into the woods beyond.

The will o’ wisps blink in the mist

what secrets might they share,

preying upon simpletons 

to catch them unaware?

The undead rise before our eyes

searching for the feast

We do not know which way they’ll go

– no rest for the ‘deceased.’

Spooky, spooky skeletons

dancing on the lawn

on the edges of the night, 

Blink…and they are gone.

© Ginny Brannan 2025

In no small part inspired by Disney's "Skeleton Dance", couldn't get the tune out of my head. The words, however, are my own!