By David McCord
Mr. Macklin takes his knife
And carves the yellow pumpkin face:
Three holes bring eyes and nose to life,
The mouth has thirteen teeth in place.
Then Mr. Macklin just for fun
Transfers the corn-cob pipe from his
Wry mouth to Jack’s, and everyone
Dies laughing! O what fun it is
Till Mr. Macklin draws the shade
And lights the candle in Jack’s skull.
Then all the inside dark is made
As spooky and as horrorful
As Halloween, and creepy crawl
The shadows on the tool-house floor,
With Jack’s face dancing on the wall.
O Mr. Macklin! where's the door?
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Happy Halloween (and Happy Diwali if you're celebrating)! Mine was fairly low-key compared to when I had kids at home, though I did wear my Star Trek uniform all day, when we went out to get food at lunchtime (Blazing Bagels was decorated for the holiday and was giving out bagel "eyeballs") and when we walked to the park (a neighbor asked me if I was supposed to be "Mrs. Captain Picard" and had never watched Voyager, bah).
It was raining by evening, so we only had a few trick-or-treaters and now we have lots of leftover candy, heh. Only two other people from my Thursday night chat group came but we had a nice long conversation, after which I chatted with my Trekkie neighbors a bit while Thursday Night Football ended. Now we're watching Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 which is grand for Halloween night. Our day and our kids' elsewhere:
