WITCH SCHOOL

WITCH SCHOOL

November 17, 2009 at 10:27 PM

WITCH SCHOOL; BY JOHN E. STERLING.

THIS SCHOOL BUS AND ME, WE JUST DON'T AGREE.

A YELLOW SKINNED BEAST FULL OF CHAOS AND STICKY.

THE ROAD FROM THE SCHOOL IS WRAPPED IN A FOREST,

I COULD HAVE SPENT THE DAY HERE INSTEAD OF TAKING THAT TEST.

I STARE DEEP THROUGH THE TREES AT A CURIOUS SIGHT,

FLASHING AND BURNING, A BRIGHT EMERALD LIGHT.

THEN FROM OUT OF THE BLUE CAME A GREEN LIGHTNING BOLT.

SCREECHING AND SCREAMING, WE CAME TO A HALT.

AS I LOOKED UP AND AROUND, I HEARD A RIBETTING SOUND,

LIKE SOUNDS YOU'D HEAR FROM THE BOGS.

LOOKING CLOSER I NOTICED THERE WERE NO GIRLS AND NO BOYS,

SEEMS ALL THE KID'S HAD BEEN TURNED INTO FROGS.

EVERYONE GONE, WOW, WHAT A BEAUT,

EVEN THE DRIVER WHO'D TURNED INTO A NEWT.

SO I STEPPED OFF THE BUS AND MADE STRAIGHT FOR THE GLOW,

I TRUDGED THROUGH THICKETS AND DITCHES,

AND CAME UPON A VERY WEIRD SHOW,

I HAD DISCOVERED A COVEN OF WITCHES.

DANCING AND SINGING,

FLYING AND BREWING.

LIKE A BIRD, ONE FLEW DOWN FROM A TREE,

SHE HOVERED AND SMILED STARING AT ME.

SHE HAD A CAT FOR A HAT, AND CHANDELIERS IN HER EARS.

SHE SAID, "WELCOME YOUNG SAM."

I GASPED, "YOU KNOW WHO I AM?"

"YOU WERE SUMMONED HERE FOR YOUR NAME,"

"FOR YOU ARE THE HALLOW, THE MOON AND THE NIGHT,"

"BEHOLD, YOU ARE THE SAMHAIN."

A LITTLE BIT PUZZLED, AND QUITE TAKEN ABACK,

I WAS SHOCKED EVEN MORE AS MY CLOTHES TURNED TO BLACK.

AS I MET ALL THE WITCHES, THEY WERE GIVING ME THINGS, MOST OF IT GROSS, ESPECIALLY THE WINGS.

I THEN MET AN OWL WHO SAID, "HI MY NAME IS LARS."

"I'M GOING TO TEACH YOU HOW TO FLY TO THE STARS."

HE SUMMONED A BROOMSTICK, "WOOD FROM A MAGICAL TREE."

I JUMPED ON, AND HE SHOUTED, "JUST FOLLOW ME!"

WE SOARED INTO THE NIGHT, THROUGH SILVERY CLOUDS.

I FOLLOWED THE OWL WHO SHOUTED OUT LOUD.

I SAW ALL OF THE EARTH, A SIGHT LIKE NO OTHER.

"NOW THAT YOU KNOW, NOW THAT YOU SEE, THE EARTH IS OUR MOTHER."

I LOOKED DOWN SMILING, BUT SAW SOMETHING WRONG IN THE COVEN.

"TROLLS," EXCLAIMED LARS, "WE MUST DROP LIKE WE'RE STONES

"WHAT'S HAPPENING?"

"THEY'LL CAPTURE OUR FRIENDS, THROW THEM IN OVENS."

"THEN WHAT?

"COOK EM AND EAT EM, CHEW UP THEIR BONES."

"WE CAN'T FIGHT THOSE TROLLS, WE NEED SOMETHING TO HELP US."

SO WE MADE FOR THE ROAD, AND THE FROG FILLED SCHOOL BUS.

WE REACHED THE BUS IN LESS THAN A MINUTE, I STARTED THE ENGINE, AND THE OWL SAID "HIT IT."

THUMPING THE HORN AND ALL THE LIGHTS FLASHING,

WE CRASHED THROUGH THE CLEARING, AND DID SOME TROLL BASHING.

THE TROLLS WERE SO SCARED THEY EXCLAIMED "FOAL DE ROLL."

THEN THEY ALL SCAMPERED AND DISAPPEARED DOWN A HOLE.

THE WITCHES WERE ALRIGHT, THEY CHEERED, "SAM SAVED THE NIGHT."

AND WE DANCED UNTIL IT WAS DAY.

FROGS BACK TO KIDS, NEWT BACK TO DRIVER, AND THE BUS WAS SENT ON IT'S WAY.

LARS ASKED, "AREN'T YOU GOING?"

"NO, I THINK THAT I'LL STAY."