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silent frozen lakegrey-haired man sits quietlyalone not lonely
oddly delicioustop first, middle, then bottom --candy corn
the colors of hugsdistributed bow-likeafter the storm
action antiherothe Superman of Halloween:Michael Myers
white breadbaloney with mustard --childhood
best to worst:Zombie, Carpenter, Green--Halloween
sitting at the tablethe man works as he finishesa bottle of red wine
curves or levelsthe choice is stylistici prefer levels
huddled in a doorwayman peers through red cap and scarfnot asking for help
full moon is really halfwhile quarter moon is aptly named --unobserved dark side
eastern white pinestanding tall at yard's edgestately canopy
in the dewy grassbrown rotting crabapplehalf-eaten, worm-holed
racist misogynistsitting on the throne --the horror, the horror
oil-covered penguinblatant cautionary tale --human destruction