The word occult comes from the Latin occultus (clandestine, hidden, secret), referring to "knowledge of the hidden"
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"The October Country"
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"October's End"
The pumpkin's candles
are blowing and smoking
the smell of wax, and burning, insides turning to black
The damp rain, leaves,
as an owl hoots
in the darkness-
Eying a field, dead and dying.
A low wind, through the cornstalks,
Is hissing. And then-
the moon.
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