Living alone, life's often quiet as a mouse
that’s ‘til those two started nibbling on my house!
But you're saying I'm the bad guy here?
That I'm the element the townsmen fear?!
I'd taken pity on your troubled youth,
offered something better for their sweet tooth:
I’d just baked cookies for my coven,
when Gretel pushed me towards the oven!
Life's hard enough for any gal, wouldn't you say?
And I never said I was in distress.
It’s not a crime to look this good
in a long black dress.
I don't need anyone to sweep me off my feet,
I can do that with my own broom.
(I didn't uber to this courtroom)
No the hat is not a costume!
Tell the kids, I don’t wear a disguise:
I’m as plain-complicated as any of you guys.
They can visit whenever, there's no need to think twice.
No need for apologies (although one would be nice).
I hope that they learn we’re not plain bad or good.
We all try to get by as we best think we should.
I don’t ask ye for much, save to be understood:
see the world that I see from this side of my hood.
#Halloween2020
