Trick or treat 4

Only buy the good
candy because you have to
live with leftovers.

Ripoff

No pumpkins any
where, except for Wal-mart which
wants ten bucks a pop.

Seasonal attire

Wearing the mantle
of autumn. Cold starry nights
days of leaf-strewn gold.

Domesticated Eve

An apple, as red
as it is crisp, awaits on
the blue floral plate.

Trick or treat 3

Argued over what
candy to buy. She wanted
KitKats. Blow Pops won.

Cozy

The new furnace kicks
on, and I rise to the warmth
like yeast bread baking.

J’s collapse

Home sick, she lies in
bed, stomach queasy, still in
her day-before clothes.

Trick or treat 2

Halloween spirit
eludes me, like the ghost of
someone I once loved.

Daylight savings time

Turn the clocks back next
week? I could use that extra
hour of sleep right now…

Trick or treat

Decorations for
Halloween still not up. Life
seems scary enough.