halloween story, reprise.

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CHORUS:

Out in the woods we are dancing, tomorrow we'll be dancing still.
All of you should come join us, in the revels on the elf-hill.

REMINISCENCE:

I remember when I was about 17,
I was with a friend at her
boyfriend's house and we were
getting ready to go to the beach.

It was a typical new england
summer's day: hot, humid, and
sunny with a promise of
thunderstorms and lust
when darkness swallowed us
that evening.

As we left the driveway, the
guy's mother looked at my friend
and clearly enunciated: 'you
painted jezebel.'

NARRATOR:

According to CBC News and World Report, brought
to you at seven and ten past the hour every
night: "... also concerning her the LORD
says: 'Dogs will devour Jezebel by the wall of
Jezreel.' And now for our local weather
report... there will be thunderstorms tonight
as the weather changes.

CHORUS:

And now the story begins, full of madness and sins!
Come join us, come join us, and see if darkness wins!

IN THIN AIR:

That night, we were all sitting around
the campfire and there was a rain of
frogs from the sky. And we ran into
our cars and sat there and watched the
frogs all hop down into the water.
We were freaked out, so we tried to
drive off back towards town.

Unfortunately, not a single one of
the cars that we came in would start.
James, a short ugly kid who continually
had large, pus-filled zits about to
burst on his face, was grinding the
starter over and over again trying to
start his car. After a while, it got
on our nerves, so my friend Francesca
went over and pulled him out of the
car and started kicking him in the
ribs and yelling at him.

It might at this point be noted that
the rest of us were only mildly annoyed
at him. Francesca, however, was
seriously pissed and had a fright response
no one was going to mess with. She
also had other winning qualities such
as long red hair and 13 hole steel toed
boots, so all the guys were pretty much
at her mercy.

It was at this point that we noticed the
light moving towards us slowly over the
water. I think all of us immediately
performed the math:

Falling Frogs + Hovering Light == Darth Vader on PCP with a Bat

CHORUS:

And we ran, we ran so far away...

THE CHASTE SCENE:

We ran through marsh grass,
we ran through tidal pools,
we ran through the woods,
we ran across a golf course
and slid on the goose shit
while slaloming between the flags
and kept running.

OVER THE HILL

It was night in the forest
and everything was bright
as we ran by the hill they
were dancing and tomorrow
they'll be dancing still.

We did not stop for fear
of litle men, but my friend's
boyfriend was tired or elfshot
and started to vomit there
before the seemly and cried
out in anguish as they looked
at him.

THROUGH THE DALE

My time sense wasn't the best at this
point, but I would have to guess that this
is when the balls of blue electric
fire started to arc between the tops of
the trees and slowly float in the clearings
where trees stod in circles.

It was, as I said, a bright night in the
forest. We were young, drunk, and horny
and facing the dangers of living in a
revealed universe.

ANNOUNCEMENT

In tonight's edition of PM Magazine,
we'll be talking with Pope Innocent
IV, the man responsible for the
Fourth Crusade and the sacking of
Constantinople. In addition, we'll be
looking at this summer's revealing
swimsuit fashions and keep you up
to date on the latest celebrity
gossip.

ENKIDU

Francesca and I grabbed him and we
started running again. We half-dragged,
half-pulled him along a streambed back
into town, yelling and screaming whenever
the blue lightning came near us and
he was stumbling and dry-heaving and
cursing our eyes.

We didn't stop until we reached the
QuikMart on the edge of town. Everyone
else was there, wide eyed and staring.
We stayed there for about an hour eating
hot dogs filled with suspicious meats
until a senior with a fake ID showed up
and we paid him to buy us cases of
cheap warm beer.

AFTERMATH

My friend's boyfriend, however, wasn't
interested in being within us anymore.
He walked back home that night and never
crossed shadows with us again.

As for my friend and I, when the weather
changed we went back to the hill and when
the reels and reeling had stopped with
the coming storm, we knew one another on
the crest.

HIS MOTHER SAID TO HIM

The morning came, and he told all at breakfast,
and his mother said forgave him, but then she
said:

"Nevertheless, I have this against you:
You tolerate that woman Jezebel [...] who
calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she
misleads [you] into sexual immorality
and the eating of food sacrificed to idols."

I imagine he spent a good deal of time
in his room.