A Boogie Tent in Love
Written by Heavily Armored Hamster
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Alone day after day
In the center of town
Stands the Boogie Tent
Surrounded by people
Yet so hopelessly alone

Never to be loved for it is feared,
Never to win a girl's heart
For she is terrified of him
Where do they get these ideas!?
All the Boogie Tent wants is love...

Consumer of souls, harbinger of death
Evil tentified, doomsday advancer
Killer of humans, Zombie Fiend
Inanimate object gone bad, bloodthirsty

No, no, no...
None of it's true!

The Boogie Tent has been alone
Since the day it first stood
And with every passing of the sun
A shadow falls on but one figure
And never two

Although the Boogie Tent
Is a gentle, gentle soul
Years of lonely confinement
Have given him a rough edge
And he can seem rather bitter-

But then one fateful night
When the moon was living
The street filled with children
Children in costumes of demons
Something unusual happened

One lonely girl
All dressed in black
Kicking at the ground
And cursing at the children
Happened to walk bye

The Boogie Tent was irate
For years of solitude
Had hardened his speech
When the girl appeared,
The Boogie Tent screeched:

"Imma gonna get you;
Your days are over
Imma gonna get you;
You're not going to live
Imma gonna get you;
Can't get away from me"

The girl snorted
Her expression unchanged
She shrugged a little
Didn't even flinch
She looked up at the tent and asked:

"Is somebody behind
That tent with a mic?
This is truly pathetic!
How could you dare scare me?
I do not wish to play
Such childish games!"

The Boogie tent was stunned
How could she not be terrified
Of his blood-freezing speech?
How insulting!
Certainly, he must try again!

With a shake of his flaps,
He leaped up to his feet!
Quickly two arms sprouted
And his tent-hat fell from the sky
He began to dance about

His arms were flailing,
His teeth were gnashing,
His feet were kicking,
And all the while, he was shouting:
"Boogaboogaboogaboogaboogabooga!"

The girl sighed,
Gave a shake of her head
And she folded her arms
She was not frightened-
In fact, she looked bored

The boogie Tent's anger rose!
It began to steam, then boil
Suddenly, his anger spilled out
It was an eruption, like a volcano
The tent let loose a shrill scream

Then he grow a thousand feet tall
And his tent like cloth burst into flames
As he was screaming his arms were flapping
Widening the inferno even farther!
Truly, he was drenched in
The color of hell and the color of death!

He put his weight to one side,
And with one mighty kick
Knocked the moon from the sky
His hollering continuing,
He let loose missiles
From holes not seen before
Where there was once Onett
Twoson, and Fourside
There were not but craters
And radioactive waste

The ground gave way beneath the girl
Except for one little pillar on which she stood
The flames shot up around her
Caging her, encircling her
Then, in the distance rose The Boogie Tent
Shadowed by the light of the flames,
Only his eyes were clear

With a slow, mournful voice
That echoed to the heavens
And reeked of the underworld
He began to speak!

"Your life, your very soul-
It will be extinguished!
You will know non-existence!
You will understand
the absolute abolishment of consciousness!
Prepare yourself-
Your life ends here!"

There was silence.

The girl did not seem disturbed
In fact, she seemed almost insulted!
Her face twitched
As did a vein on her temple
She looked ready to scream!
It was about to come out, and then...

Her face relaxed
She giggled
She blushed
She looked up to the Boogie Tent
And said, simply: "You're cute!"

The demonic demeanor
Of the Boogie Tent
Began to fade
Replaced, instead
With one happy smile

The flames began to fade,
The pillar of earth
Rejoined with the ground
The destruction stopped abruptly
And then there was just the Boogie Tent
And the girl; together,
Laughing

The two hopped into a car
And sped off to look out hill
Sitting in the back of the car
Drenched in moonlight
And reflections of stars
Two lovers sat talking

Then, the Boogie Tent paused
His expression grew quite serious
From his depths he pulled out a simple box
And handed it to the girl

She took it curiously,
Looking down on it
Not knowing what it was
She opened it slowly-
And saw a glittering sound stone
Tied to a beautiful golden ring

"Girl, will you marry me?"
The Boogie Tent asked
Just as softly as can be

The girl laughed
And the Boogie Tent Cried
The girl said "Yes"
And the Boogie Tent smiled

It was a loud smile
And it disturbed the peace
Of the tranquil night
Echoing to the moon

(Which was still knocked down
In a crater outside of Threed-
A perfect place for scientific study!)

That Halloween
Was twenty year ago tonight
The Boogie Tent and the girl
Sit at thier porch smiling,
Hand in hand in their little swing
Reflecting on that magical night

They look on as their children-
Vera, Chuck, And Dave
Play about in the front yard
Racing each other on bicycles

Vera was half tent and half human,
Chuck half human and half tent
And well, Dave was a bicycle

The Boogie Tent and the girl
Celebrate Halloween very seriously
For to them, it is an anniversary

Sure, to some, Halloween is a night
For mischief and begging and pranks,
Or maybe a night of terror and fear,
Or maybe even nothing at all
But to this couple, it's so much more

For twenty years ago tonight,
On the very edge of Halloween-
Something magical happened
When one little love was forged
And three major cities destroyed