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This was written for the CPC’s Halloween poetry party challenge which is going on through Halloween night.  The theme is the title of a well-known song,  “Ghost Riders In The Sky.”

GHOST WRITERS IN DISGUISE

Ghost writers in disguise.
In living poems they specialize,
smartly intellectualize
spooky stanzas waxing wise.

They write of riders in the skies,
just the right way to surprise.
Or maybe spiders catching flies
and slowly feasting on their prize.

Ghost writers can be girls or guys,
short or tall, most any size,
as long as what they write gives rise,
when in their stories, someone dies.

Perhaps the Devil’s Herd breaks ties,
stampedes where sleeping cowboy lies.
Scatter campfire, body fries,
poor cowboy gone when farm he buys.

Or vampire bite elicits cries.
till Helsing offers word to wise,
to locate place where black bat flies;
silver stake breaks immortal ties.

So hail ghost writers in disguise
who underwrite and mesmerize
by overwrites which cause surprise
so Hallow’s eve will maximize
the Fright Night plight which readers prize.

Copyright October 30th 2012 RGD