"Upside down, Boy you turn me, inside out and round and round"

Well, that applies to other people more than me at Halloween :)  This Halloween, I dressed up as Boy George, and boy, did I get a reaction from the people in my town!  Everywhere I went, people were saying things like, "Let's have a little Culture Club," and "Oh, my God!  It's Boy George!  I love your costume!" and "I didn't think people knew about him anymore!" (this lady was almost screaming with delight) and "Let's hear you sing 'Karma Chameleon" and "Wow, Boy George.  I feel like I'm in a flashback to the 80's."

I loved it all, by the way.  I was totally ready to go along with what people were saying, and I got a lot of comments.  I loved being the one costume that everyone remembered.  This one woman had me wait outside her house while she went inside and called her husband to come take a look at me.  People were taking pictures and smiling and laughing a lot.  When this woman was jumping up and down in excitement and delight, I clapped my hands along with her and went "Whooo!"

As you can probably tell, I had a great time.  This was probably the best Halloween I've ever had.

Flesh-eaten corpses

Line the sidewalk

The day after Halloween

Half-eaten candies

Ghosts of costumes

Haunt the streets

The day after Halloween

Terrifying screams

Ring through the alleys

Scaring the birds to flight

The day after Halloween

Doors lock

People cry

The children fret at the windows

The day after Halloween

The sky turns black

The sun turns orange

The day after Halloween

--Emma Keynes

© 2012 Emma Keynes