Just got back from reading at Brick Alley Books in Hillsborough {NC}. What a welcome Sara and Dave and I received!
What a wonderful place!! Much of the space is devoted to art, and. . .all I can say is w o w. It is the perfect environment for a poetry event. S o m etimes the stars come together right, right? Thank heaven!!
Hope u enjOy the HallOween ditty.
Have a g O O d 'un !!

PeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEa xOx

From Witch-G O O d-on-a-G O O d-Day
 
 
Bad witches are always going to plague us.
{Witches, mavens,  whoOOO- or witch-ever.}.
Devil knows exactly how to make us
quake with fiends oooOOOh-soOOO clever
 
We, on the other hand, strive to do gOOd.
Oh, yes, indeed,  gOOd witches exist.
And we have always, always stOOd
for learning to stop a hex with a kiss.
 
Let evil stalk!    Halloween's Ours, heh-heh-heh.
A time to tease the life out of the s.O.b.'s.
Glue b-witches to their brrrrOOms, heh-heh-heh.
Trip ghOsts with the tails of their eye-hOled sheets.
 
Let's put bats in their belfries and tOad 'eir brews.
Let's scare 'em with spaghetti-faked entrails.
Let's chase 'em into spider webs with BOOOOOOs,
Then stuff 'em with pumpkin spiked with nails.
 
That last is tOO cruel, let's not do that
Could make 'em want to come back.
Hmmmm.  Maybe we could knock 'em flat
And use them as decOrations?  How'z'at?
 
When we see a black cat, let's laugh and meOW
So the cat will take our side, or at least not scratch.
Then let's see if we can make a friend of OWl.
{So it will act as lOOkout and hooOOOt for us, natch.}
 
Treating is much mOre fun than tricking.
So just trick a little, and make it light.
Matter of gOOd sense, not of being chicken.
Having-a-Blast-WithOUt-Hurting-a-SOul Night!.
 
You bad witches will think twice or three times,
When you see how much fun we have
Making Happy HallOween chime
Up and dOWn street after streeeeeet after ave!!

 

(c) peejaygeen
(c) Phyllis Jean Green, 2007  ....for Marcia Duning and Angels That Care