I love,and can’t wait for good old halloween.
Better than any other occasion in between,
the hollowed out pumpkins,even though they smell.
I get all artistic,if I must say so myself.
Scaring small kids ,who could ask for more?
wait in anticipation for them to knock on my door!
disappointment,with no imagination?or vision?
Sweets?no way you’re not going to get them. [...]

The butcher knife goes in, first, at the top
And carves out the round stemmed lid,
The hole of which allows the hand to go
In to pull the gooey mess inside, out -
The walls scooped clean with a spoon.
A grim design decided on, that afternoon,
The eyes are the first to go,
Isosceles or trapezoid, the square nose,
The down-turned [...]