Pumpkin Man Terrorizes Me

Pumpkin man tore off another’s arm for a walking stick.
He hiked through the pine forest with one-armed Nick.
The frown he gave me turned my hair star white.
Even on Halloween, this creep gave me a fright.

He had a foul odor and a glare to his ebony eyes.
He travelled with dead pumpkins, no big surprise.
I was terrified when he chased me in my dreams.
Don’t worry, he’s not as scary as he always seems!

Where had the voice come from? I yelled “hark!”
Opened my eyes and saw Pumpkin man in the dark.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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Hankins Avatar
September 3, 2022 at 10:26 AM
Caren, you must already have Halloween on your mind. Does a pumpkin man have a pumpkin head or is it a jack-o-lantern head?
Krutsinger Avatar
September 3, 2022 at 8:18 PM
He had a jack-o-lantern head but he was named by another.
Logan Avatar
September 3, 2022 at 5:31 AM
lol I'd scream too. How does one scare off Pumpkin Man? Threaten to turn him into a pie.
Krutsinger Avatar
September 3, 2022 at 8:18 PM
I was too scared to think of that Jenna
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