Be Very Careful Out There This Halloween,
Somewhere Tomorrow, Nasty Jack Will Be Seen
“Should that old Nasty Jack,
Come a knockin’ on your door,
It means that he has selected you,
To wander with him, forever more.”
My Grandfather
I believe I was about five-years old
When grandfather told me this story
And for several Halloweens thereafter
I worried that Nasty Jack would get me
Old Nasty Jack was a devilish old soul
Who loved to play tricks, on one and all
One night, he managed to trick the Devil
And Alas, this was Nasty Jack’s downfall
When he finally died, and he stood before the Pearly Gates
Old St. Peter informed him that he was just too nasty to enter
Suddenly, he found himself standing before the Gates of Hell
Now the Devil laughed, when he saw Nasty Jack standing there
Satan had remembered the very nasty trick, that Jack had played on him
So now he decided to pay him back, and not even allow him to enter Hell
“Old Nasty Jack, your fate now, will be to wander the Earth, forever more,
You can play your tricks for Eternity, between life and death, you shall dwell.”
So for hundreds of years now, old Nasty Jack has been wandering this planet
And each and every Halloween, the Devil forces him to find another nasty soul
If you should spot a Jack O’Lantern wandering your street, or ringing your bell
You better hide, and hope you’re not the nasty one, old Nasty Jack selects to go
This year, I’m feeling a little better as Halloween approaches,
A raven told me Jack will be wandering somewhere by the sea;
I sure hope our devilish old brother doesn’t run into him there,
PS: ‘Dear Nasty Jack, our brother lives in a trailer park in Jersey.’
(Our sister in California insisted I include that;
She doesn’t want a visit, from Nasty Old Jack.)
©October 2011, Old Mr. Pee Wee Ed,
A Very Relieved Midwest Resident
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Anna
thanks for the warning ~Mr. Ed~
Lady Vivian
Take care,
Sherry
Joy L. Hale
Love Tinky
A trick for him if he knocks on my door !
A Halloween ornament in my lawn covered with snow!!
Lady Mary Ann
Newfie Hugs, Rose