Witches and warlocks gather around,
will give you a list of poisons abound…
Arsenic, Hemlock, Belladonna you know…
Add to your list, these below;
Purple Foxglove; Black Hellebore;
Deadly Nightshade; Strychnine Tree;
Stavesacre; Jimsonweed; Yew;
Calabar Bean; Aconite; Clematis;
Cocculus Indicus and to many
more to mention…
You will find truth serum, sulfur
elixir, embalming fluid, spider venom,
snake venom too…
Toxic gases are a must, to mix
with this dastardly stuff…
How else will you be able to
whip up this nasty brew…
Wishing you a rocking Halloween!
By Sandra Lea Hoban
©2009
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