Sense Sonnet - Chiller

Monsters for Real

The grown-up worst of trick or treat
Has naturally come to pass.
Parents must now x-ray each sweet
For razor blades and broken glass.
Witches and goblins aren't the threat,
But beware the neighbor next door.
It is the human weird mind-set
That makes the vampires seem soft-core.
The ghosts and werewolves can't compare
With perverts seeking the lone child.
The humans are who really scare,
And make the innocence defiled.

The scariest of Halloween -
Child abuse has become routine.