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AH = Alex Herrera
AP = Alexander Pratt
AT = Austin Taylor
BM = Benjamin Maynard
GLM = Georgia Martindale
KF = Kalli Farmer
LSC = Lane Casper
LC = Lucas Chatterton
MM = Mackenzie Martin
MDL = Madeline Delano
MKL = Mia Klek
MK = Masha Kostic
MD = Maya Dougherty
RMB = Randy Brooks
TD = Trey DeLuna
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AT: 1, 11
BM:2, 10, 13
AP:3, 9,
TD:4, 8, 14
MKL:5, 7 ,
MM: 6, 15
LSC: 12, 18
AH: 16
MDL: 17 |
Fading Jack-O-Lantern
hand in our candy bowl
my witch-of-a-mother scolds me
fake wart
dad chuckles
sitting at the kitchen table
she turns
and glares
trouble is coming
this isn't the Halloween
I wanted
a full moon—
the touch of her
werewolf hands on my back
the clap against my skin
sweet music
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his favorite song
I danced with
His last picture taken
It sits next to
the light up Jack-O-Lantern
the Jack-O-Lanterns
light dies
just as he did
a Halloween
to forget
looking out the window
at least the trick or treaters
are happy
I follow the raindrops
On the windows
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full moon
illuminates
my face
I grow anxious
Hair pops out of my skin
the skin I live in
I identify as
a nice butterfly
two faces
the latter you should fear
pansies
look up to Jesus
blood dripping
I find
a new beginning
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