Pumpkins Night
Empty pumpkins await patiently on front porches and farmer's fences
for the light that gives them life
the hand which places each tiny candle carefully inside,
so they may show their toothy smiles and flicker their appreciation
on their night of nights...
For tomorrow they will be discarded, fallen or knocked
from safe pedestals onto lawns or driveways..
tossed into trash cans, sniffed by dogs
or left to fall apart in disrespect
as this year's duty has been done
another Halloween has passed..
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