LICORICE: An Original Poem for Halloween

I'm posting late today due to computer problems. My computer is with the "geek squad" again--for the second time in one week. I had to borrow my husband's MacBook so I could post for Poetry Friday. It's so frustrating being without my computer. I hope I get it back soon. I can't get any writing done!

Here's a poem for Halloween from my unpublished poetry collection about candy--tentatively titled Sweet Dreams.

LICORICE

By Elaine Magliaro

I bite the licorice stick,

close my eyes and chew.

I taste...

Darkness,

A cold autumn night,

Shadows of black cats,

The flutter of witches' capes,

Ghosts wailing in a graveyard...

All the spooky flavors of Halloween.

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The Poetry Friday Roundup is at A Wrung Sponge this week.