Bums Scarecrow Soldiers Pretty Ballerinas

Invasion of the Bums & Scarecrow-Soldiers & Pretty Ballerina’s By David J Walker What are you gonna be I donno Maybe a soldier or a bum again or a Martian My sister wants to be a ballerina But its way too cold for that The most memorable year was when my mom turned me into the tallest paper mâché octopus Every seen in a 3rd grade class. The Halloween parade would begin at 10 on the school stage that hosted the most ghosts & goblins bums and ballerinas and store-bought Cops & Cinderella’s soldiers and white-as-a-sheet spooks with big cutout eyes & bums with bones black magically coming out of nowhere After dinner & Its the Great Pumpkin Charley Brown We are out terrorizing the town Winter coats covering our prized costumes Timidly Begging for candy Until our big brown bags could hold no more Sorting Chocolate with chocolate Suckers with suckers Candy bars of all kinds Candy lips & candied apples Candy cigarettes & Popcorn balls The next morning Moan/Groaning But still can’t wait for school to start & The retelling of the last nights Halloween Haul & Haunted adventure