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The bird flies down fast, abruptly evading the threat above. A startled woman frozen in fear clenches to her ice-cream as it slowly melts down her hands. Inches away, the stopped vehicle in the wrong lane was an indication that something unplanned had occurred here. Inside, an elderly man with a cut on his brow shakily evacuates the tattered car. A blinking traffic light monotonously presses on and off with a red hue. Cars in a rush sputter off through the madness of the cities' habitual hustle. Arriving at my house I watch with anticipation as the mail man carefully slides paper into our boxes. A dog snaps at the water as it races down the gutter throughout the neighborhood. A child cries in the distance as her soft skin tears against the rough asphalt she fell upon. Leaves crush under the wheels of minivans as children arrive home from their daily routine at school. The excitement of halloween is expressed among their faces. Costumes and candy are prepared in delight. Jack-o'-lanterns sit on the porch, promptly awaiting their role to play in the course of tonight's event. The moon begins to glow increasingly bright as the day's final hours tic away. The sun rapidly sinks behind the mountains and the warm colours dim and disappear. Nightfall takes it's place, Halloween is here.

-Retrospective Fred