The Festival

(for H. P. Lovecraft, 1890-1937)

Witches on the west wind,
Goblins on the east:
Everybody destined
For the ancient feast.

Will-o-wisp and ghoul ride
With the poltergeist,
Toward the rite of Yuletide,
Older than the Christ.

Spirits soon are dancing
See them weave and wind
Patterns in their prancing
Older than mankind.
06-01-70