Candled also Candied Hallowe’en

Not a gore-fest
Please
Which means that
Franchised
Fields of blood won’t be
For
Me

A busy
Corn-maze would be
Pleasant
If the allergies
Go
All right

And there’s my heart
That has handled
Much
Though now is broken
Medically

Still can appreciate
Orange and black
Purple
Highlights

Civil costumes
	Not civil servants
	So much as
	Witches white
	With
Courtesy
	Casper ghosts
	And such
And of course
Sugar
For diabetes
Notwithstanding
But let’s have some chocolate
Please
Some chocolate

If I can do
(w for m)
Samhain at all
In appreciation of tradition
Tilting with the axis
Respectfully
If
Quixotically at the
Time
Of year

Then maybe those
Better-knit
Or not
With whom I may celebrate
Or who
May celebrate with me

Going
If vicariously for
The chocolate

C L Couch


Photo by Heather Green on Unsplash 
Monoprint Texture
an abstract pumpkin patch? (not really)