Today's the day we get to go
Down the road to farmer Green's
And pick out a great big pumpkin
To carve for Halloween
My brother is always bragging
That his will be the best
But I'm going to make my jack-o-lantern
Far better than all the rest
I'll cut off the top and clean it inside
Even though it's a slimy mess
That's part of the price I have to pay
For a scary jack-o-lantern I guess
Because I'm just a little kid
I'm not allowed to use the cutter
I draw the face on with a magic marker
And the carving is done by mother
I watch her very carefully
To make sure she gets it just right
When that part is finally done
I put a candle in for light
Out to the porch go the pumpkins
Among the other Halloween stuff there
Mine is the scariest one this year
And my brother pretends he doesn't care
Come Halloween night, we kids dress up
In the costumes that mother made for us
And go house to house yelling, "trick or treat"
In our loudest Halloween chorus
Kathleen McCoy Eldridge©
May 15, 2007
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