The Great White Pumpkin

In each and every species Of animals and plants, as well There can be a pigmentation deficiency Its cause? I cannot tell Instead of being a grey elephant One can be born all white instead What is normally a stripped zebra Can be white from toe to head And such was the case once Of this beautiful pumpkin that I found A more perfect pumpkin never existed Absolutely symmetrically round But in this sea of round orange gourds This amazing pumpkin stood out Not only because of its perfect shape But because of the color it was without Its insides were just as gooey It made a pie that tasted sweet And of course we carved a ghost’s face on it It really came out neat Now, orange pumpkins were all I had ever known Until that special one came along I thought we might find another one But, you know, of course I was wrong