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Gazing in the flickering pair
of triangle holes carved
out of the pumpkin’s flesh,
I wonder what this king of vegetables must

be thinking right now.
It was once in bliss in its garden kingdom,
attached to the nurturing earth
by a green umbilical cord,

the morning dew spotting its skin,
the occasional ant or beetle
exploring its rippled head.
In those castle days of glory,

the sun would trace its
repeated arc inside a blue dome,
and wake the feathered creatures
who were free from gravity

and bursting with song.
But now…severed, disfigured and exiled,
the king burns hot with rage,
glaring at me, the culprit of the monstrous crime,

the beast who uprooted its royal family
with shears, white gloves,
and a wide, splitting freakish grin.
Through the glowing eyes of this Jack-o’-Lantern,

and indeed the false eyes of
of its defaced relatives scattered about,
I feel a collective boiling wrath against all the executioners,
big and small, who roam in disguise on this Halloween night.

Through the Jack-o’-Lantern’s Eyes © 2010 by Vincent Lowry