Quote #125241
On Halloween, witches come true;
Wild ghosts escape from dreams.
Each monster dances in the park....
Nicholas Gordon
About This Quote
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Interpretation
The lines evoke Halloween as a liminal night when the boundary between imagination and reality feels porous. “Witches come true” and “ghosts escape from dreams” suggest that fears and fantasies normally confined to stories or sleep are temporarily licensed to appear in public. The “monster” that “dances in the park” turns terror into play: the frightening becomes communal spectacle, costumed celebration, and a kind of catharsis. The ellipsis at the end heightens the sense of ongoing revelry and open-ended enchantment, implying that the night’s transformations continue beyond what is stated.
