Halloween in Portland
written by: Lenore Weiss
There’s a motel in vampire land
Where spider plants grow baby bats
And zombies float face down inside bathtubs.
I wear a black mask that covers my nose and mouth.
Trees scream red and orange and offer little resistance.
The desk receptionist with pointy horns
Says I lack the right number of digits.
Two to a customer. I shiver.
Outside, gas stations give transfusions of fresh blood.
It begins to rain. I don’t know where I am.
My tears flow pumpkin-flavored.
Lenore serves as the Creative Nonfiction (CNF) Editor for the Mud Season Review and lives in Oakland, California. Her environmental novel 'Pulp into Paper' was published last year on Earth Day as was a new poetry collection, 'Video Game Pointers' from WordTech Communications.
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