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what happened to halloween?
doning masks and roaming streets
Children asking trick or treat?
But merely seeking candy

Parental concerns for safety
Have placed the festivities
In churches and shopping centers

Warm and sheltered, children enter
Conviently recieving more candy
And burning fewer calories;
Capitalism at it's finest

Diabetes and obesity
are on the rise
Now we've decided
Fresh air and exercise
Are too risky to be
Activities for our children
It seems
Parents are unwilling or unable
To provide supervision

Prison stripes and archetypes
Are far less frightening indoors
We've taken out the effort
And gone straight to the reward

Glory is slowly
Being murdered in this world
A stranger's kindness can't be trusted
Or so we're taught as boys and girls

Diversity it seems
Has become a dangerous thing
We put on costumes daily
In the hope that they might bring
Some much needed excitement
To simple little lives
We block violent content from our TV's
Then go home and hit our wives

Perhaps we've been misguided
Though some fears are justified
At what point does parental paranoia
Remove the joy from children's lives?

Avoiding such dangers might
Keep our children safe
But what's the point of living
In a prison bound with chains
Restrained by the possibility
They might be taking risks

Perhaps the fear of HIV
Will deprive them of their first kiss
Perhaps attending home school
Will prevent loss of friendship
Perhaps the fear of drowning
Will keep them from skipping stones over water
Or perhaps we'll realize our folly
And grant more freedom to our sons and daughters.