Faces & Places

“What do Halloween creatures eat?

Hot spider soup with pumpkin meat

and toasted, no-salt, bat-wing chips,

served best with Transylvania dips.

A thistle-horehound salad mix

has added crunch from sun-dried ticks.

The plat du jour is hairy beast

fried crisp in grimy goblin grease.

Now, don’t forget dessert so sweet;

try puss-cream pie or candied feet!”

~ Richelle E. Goodrich, Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & …