Halloween Grinch

Another Halloween approaches
Kids all  up in my face, the  roaches!
They're running up to my house
Candy is what it's all about about

Maybe I should keep them guessing
No candy till we say a blessing
For all those rotted teeth forthcoming
Sugar messing up their plumbing

Grabbing handfuls from my candy dish
Put mousetraps in there? Oh how I wish
I can almost hear them whisper
What a rotten trick there mister.

I would smile and only say
Its the tricks that make my day
treats are for the few you see
who do not come to bother me

I'll send it to them in the mail
They love to get it without fail.
They'll ask their parents where it came from
Who'll answer from the old mean one

The one who lives across the street
The one who hates Halloween
He wants all the kids to stay away
We know just how to make him pay.

When Halloween next it comes
We'll all gather every one
and keep ringing his old doorbell
Until his eardrums start to swell

Then we'll take all those mousetraps
Throw them in his waiting lap
and whatever they happen to latch upon
Won't matter to us we'll be gone

At the hospital when they ask him
who did this deed on just a whim
He'll say it was for Halloween
His trick sure was a special treat.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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October 12, 2013 at 11:46 AM
nice win David.xox....Linda
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October 12, 2013 at 11:19 AM
David, , thanks for the Halloween entry.... SKAT
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November 7, 2011 at 1:32 PM
Congratulations on your win in P.D.'s "Holiday Poem"contest David. Love, Carol
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November 5, 2011 at 10:03 PM
DAVID ;-) CONGRATULATIONS, thank you for supporting my contest... I'm just dropping by to give everyone a warm congratulations and gratitude from the heart. ((you may get this comment more than once, if you entered more than one of my contest this week)) Have a wonderful weekend, GOD BLESS,..p.d.
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November 5, 2011 at 9:51 AM
Congrats, Dave. Excellent story. Enjoyed. Nice going. Kudos. Best to you and yours. Ralph
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November 20, 2010 at 3:38 PM
Congratulations on this HM win, david
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November 20, 2010 at 1:39 PM
He sounds like such a grumy man, David. Enjoyed your poem and congratulations on your placement in the contest. Love, Carolyn
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November 20, 2010 at 11:59 AM
Congrats David on your HM in Paula's contest with this wonderful write and win.. a perfect piece to express the theme luv.. a Happy Thanksgiving to u and your family ...with luv..
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September 23, 2009 at 5:45 PM
Sounds like a Grinch. Got me chuckling though. Good luck in the contest. Best wishes with your writing. Karen
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September 7, 2009 at 4:14 PM
Wow, this one is great too I love the way it made me laugh...!!! You should write more of these too...!!
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September 7, 2009 at 3:26 PM
Thank you for entering my contest David. Love, Carol
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September 7, 2009 at 12:21 PM
This is so funny and cute. It is getting to that time of year again I'm afraid. God Bless Phyl
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