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What a Pumpkin Means To Me

Smashing Pumpkins How many days to raise this pumpkin From the seed, in which I sowed I gave it water, and I fed it And everyday I'd watch it grow There were nights, I was frighten That I'd lose it to the frost In the past, it'd come early And found it hard to bare the loss I'm not quiet sure, how people feel About the orange ball they see All I know what's in my heart And what the pumpkin means to me Some buy them, and they cook them Making soup or cakes or pies If I said, it wasn't yummy We would all know that's a lie Others make a Jack-o-lantern Evil faces, lit by flames Entertaining all who see them In a contest or a game But there are those Who'd smash these pumpkins In a cruel and twisted plea All I know, what's in my heart and what the pumpkin means to me How many days to raise a pumpkin At least eighty, maybe more Tending daily to its needs But, it's quiet and loving chore Then to have them smashed on purpose For a purpose no one knows Destroyed in just mere seconds That took weeks and weeks to grow It takes time to raise a pumpkin And in an instant end its spree All I know what's in my heart and what the pumpkin means to me

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Date: 10/29/2017 8:30:00 AM
Amazing Jerry...kids have no respect for property ...seems we reward for everything and a sense of self worth is destroyed.
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Date: 10/29/2017 8:01:00 AM
This is a real sad write.. I know how you feel, I have many friends who grow their own veg and have the same problems..
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Date: 10/28/2017 7:23:00 PM
aww jerry how sad if someone smashed pumpkins just for fun and to destroy the pleasure the gardener got from growing them it really would be heartbreaking - I've never tried pumpkin and one day I will get to the US and try pumpkin pie for real and pecan pie too!:-) hugs jan xx
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