porch lights on
I run through the
dark streets

too old to trick or treat
a friendly face
still answers the door

I am the snow queen
my sister:
fire

Minnesota halloween
fairy wings
over a winter coat

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bottom quarter champion

Halloween
I thought
this was a costume party . . .

college halloween
Princess Leia
uncorks the Fireball

Dorothy
and Frodo
the odd couple

no one wants
a slutty witch
tarot cards and booty shorts

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all the sour candy
finds its way
into my sister's bag

trading Reese's
for two Starbursts and a Skittle
real diplomacy

a successful heist
unload the haul
from pillow cases

candy mountain 
on the floor
all tootsie rolls

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the candlelit ofrenda
one packet of M&M's
and pictures of Papa

he passes through the veil
3 AM
All Saint's Day

under the covers
the ghost hides
from me

on top of blankets
ghosts tell stories
of living things

weight shifts
my bed
I'm not alone

back scratch
it kept going
after I stopped

lights flicker
I pull out a chair
my invisible roommate relaxes

tell the ghost
it's going to be okay
they're just as scared as you

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alone with only
my thoughts
haunted house

haunted house
I ask the ghost
to pay rent

haunted house
scared
of the man without a mask

different masks
this year—
a lot more to be scared of

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shadows lurking
in the graveyard . . .
the clock strikes twelve

foggy cemetery
never felt
so alive

fog chokes my vision
as the moon
comes within reach

night wind
turns the fall leaves
into confetti

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bottom quarter champion

running in heels
horror characters
are kind of stupid

screaming for help
but no one can hear
glass box

unusual silence
their heads piled
in the hall

trick or treat
a murder of crows
devour his body