Halloween

Razor blades in apples.
That's what my mother
said to watch out for
when I was little.
Who wanted an apple, anyway?
But I wondered,
who was that guy,
putting those thin, double sided blades
with the keyhole between
inside a bright red apple?
You'd be surprised how much
children know at a young age.
I figured it was unlikely and besides,
I could see tampering.
Maybe, I thought,
there was one guy who did it.
But I forgave him.
After all, he was lonely,
didn't fit in, probably was bullied.
I wasn't afraid of anything then,
even bad things hidden inside good things.