Charlie Barley And the Very Good Day

It’s Halloween! It’s Halloween!
It must have been that lucky bean
That raced me round and round and round —
My magic feet still on the ground,
Still chasing socks and rocks and blocks,
And ticking tocks —
It’s HALLOWEEN!
And I’m a tad more weary now,
Just one more race ….
I’m snoozing now.


For my little Charlie Barley on his second Halloween.

Poem by Pam Goode

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Pumpkin 2007

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