Which is Scarier?

Have you ever thought about the similarities between Halloween and Election Day?  

On Halloween kids disguise themselves in order to get treats, and if you can’t see through their disguise - they win.

For Election Day politicians disguise their threats and promise treats, and if you can’t see through their disguise - they win.

Costumed children are out on the streets

Threatening tricks but hoping for sweets

Do people recognize

The politicians in disguise

Glibly promising everyone treats?

At Halloween children are wary

Of goblins and a ghoulish menagerie

But for adults

The election results

Could be even more scary.

I seem to write about politics frequently, despite the advice to write about what you know.

For almost 10 months I’ve been host

Writing new limericks to post

Although I try

Some ideas won’t die

And resurface like a Halloween ghost.