Editor’s note: WhitewaterWise and Fort Atkinson Online, with help from a poem, titled: “Scaredy Cats,” by Ron “RadioRon” Stelse, wish our readers a happy Halloween.
Scaredy Cats
My eyes, my whiskers,
My tail and nose
The thing about cats
Is that anything goes.
We purr, we hiss
We nap and preen
We play a prominent part
in Halloween.
Ghouls, Ghosts
And Dracula’s bat
What would you do
Without a Halloween cat?
With our blackest of coats
And the greenest of eyes
It’s the chill of October
That makes skeletons rise.
A dog is limited
With it’s pestering bark
But our eyes all glow
In the darkest of dark.
Screams and groans
And a dungeon door squeaks
I promise I’ll be back in fifty-two weeks.
Photos from this year’s citywide Halloween-themed trick-or-treating event in Fort Atkinson, courtesy of Chris Spangler, follow.
Ron “RadioRon” Stelse worked within the radio industry for 45 years, including three years spent reading for the blind. He also worked with computers, from mainframes to PCs, and has taught a bit of tennis. He enjoys computer chess, watching public TV, and working on audio projects. He has written over 600 poems. RadioRon is a resident of Fort Atkinson. File photo/Kim McDarison.
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