Pieces of Me

                                                                                                     My Perfect Halloween

                                                                          I’ll wait ‘til it’s dark so they can’t make me out;

Masking my face as I go on my route;

But I need to see clearly as I walk ‘cross the grass;

‘Cause I don’t want to trip and fall flat on my ass.

                                                                                                                          I’ll need a good costume with much stronger seams;

Not some thin, flimsy get-up I’ve seen at Walgreens.

I can go as a pumpkin or a ghost or a hag,

Or cut holes in a Hefty…as a Lipton tea bag.                                                             

I’ll need to wear comfortable shoes on my feet

If I’m planning to go beyond my own street.

I can’t take a chance of what others will say

If my moaning and groaning should give me away.                                       

I’ll need to walk faster to catch up to the throng,

And grab up my share before the candy is gone.

I’ll say ‘Trick or Treat’ just like back in the days

When I was a pro in all Halloween ways.                                                                

I’ll have a strong bag for the length of my trip;

For I can’t take a chance of having it rip;

And all of my goodies be strewn everywhere.

I might bend down to get them; but I just might stay there.                                                                                                   

What true trick-or-treater would stop to help out

'That strange limpy kid with the big whiney pout.'

I have to be ready for any such crash,

Or my treats could wind up in some other stash.                                                       

And when I’m successfully done with my night,

I need to head back in the shards of the light.

I need to get home and look all about

For signs of the goblins while I was out.                                                

Like shaving cream messages all over my hood;

And eggs on my windshield….‘Oh, someone was good.’

And tee-peed trees everywhere to be seen.

It’s how I remember…..I love HALLOWEEN.

                                                         ~Joy '07

Comments

[elsie]

Witching you a spooktacular Halloween, Joy!

[storyteller]

How fun to find your holiday poem this morning. I'm intrigued by the nifty graphics and I hope I'll learn how to incorporate such playfulness at my Blog site.

[Winston]

One of the saddest moments of my life came a couple of years ago when the nice policeman told me I was too old to go door-to-door trick-or-treating. I miss the bitesize Snickers bars...

[lea]

Hi Joy. Once again as I read, I wish I could write like the way you did.

Do have great fun and an enjoyable Halloween!

[kenju]

Great poem! Happy Halloween to you too!

[Maria]

Yes, have a Happy Halloween. I loved your poem.

[mary lou]

CUTE!!

I Used to do halloween up really good, but now I turn off all the lights and head to the bedroom and watch tv in the dark. Cant afford the candy, and the kids that are brave enough to come this far in the dark are too big and bratty!

[travelinoma]

When my kids came home from Trick or Treating I'd send them to take baths while I rifled through their bags and stole all the bubble gum and decent candy bars. It saved me the cost of a costume and I still got the loot. Your poem is so cute!

[Nancy]

Hello Joy,

You certainly did capture the spirit of Halloween with you wonderful poem.

Loved it!!!!

[RennyBA]

What a lovely way to describe the Perfect Halloween.
Coming from Norway, this is a fairly new tradition to me like I explain in my last post :-)

[Claude]

I'm a bit late to wish you a happy halloween, but better late than never ;)

[Marilyn]

Great Halloween poem!