Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Circling Berkeley: Drugstore Hellboy








The corny old spooks and scare
return again to the imagination
any escape from the smoke
and world entropy is well-received



Right across the lot
from the gourd-o-rama


An apothecary
 liniments and medicaments
haunted sundries




The old-fashioned
American holiday
Actually started by the Irish
in Canada and New England



Gone 21st Century
International






From the carved turnips
of Samhain to a universally
 recognized symbol

We're archetypal now,
children



Disney is trying to
copyright the whole thing


And pass it on to Disney franchise
The Nightmare before Xmas

Bow-tie's are back


Stemware for the affluent
who resist growing old





Shaped pillow
dog toy sold separately





Many prefer
a gory old skull
rather on the huge side





There are skeletons hang
in some of the most
 prestigious closets


This benign façade
has a ghastly secret
A bizarre tale too
serpentine to discuss here



The case of El Gateo
de Los Muertos



On a quiet street
near the Lake
where few people walk
on an October afternoon

No shortage of ghosts

or of human bones
YIKES
my favorite phrase
these days

A nation of hungry
skeletons


A lot of comfort dogs
among the remains

Trump trump trump
the alt-right rats are marching


Over the fields
and everywhere



Let's support
our awesome
fearless leader


Crash

The trope
of the vanquished
witch




Your outside is in
so come on







You never run out of bones
dig a little deeper


Curious what's
under the counter?







Rzzz


Careful out there
perhaps an infra-red
torch?









1 October 2017


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