An Odd Halloween

It will be strange this Halloween
To trick or treat through laptop screens,
To choose our costumes with such care
When there’s no one to stop and stare,
To bundle beneath blanket and throw
Because there is nowhere to go.
We’ll hide behind pillows with friends from afar
As horror films make hearts race wherever we are
Made scarier with no hands to hold—
Was that a gasped breath or a breeze that’s cold?
From the couch we’ll play peekaboo and hide and seek
With whatever’s out there making the landing creak.
An...