One Halloween
written by: Michael J Leach
@m_jleach
I jumped into a jumpsuit
and pinned on a homemade nametag
that read ‘VENKMAN’
in red font.
I rocked up at a Halloween party
to the sound of ‘Monster Mash’—
not the Ghostbusters theme—
and proceeded to pull off
a poor Venkman impression,
complete with warm expression.
I left my plastic proton pack
at the front door,
feeling no need to pretend
to bust ghosts on Halloween.
I just got a green drink
and mingled with monsters.
Michael J. Leach lives on unceded Dja Dja Wurrung Country in Strathfieldsaye, Australia. Michael’s poems have appeared in journals such as Cordite Poetry Review, exhibitions such as the Antarctic Poetry Exhibition, anthologies such as Poetry d’Amour 2022: Love Poems (WA Poets Inc., 2022), and his two poetry books: Chronicity (Melbourne Poets Union, 2020) and Natural Philosophies (Recent Work Press, 2022). Michael’s poems have also won or been shortlisted/commended in the UniSA Mental Health and Wellbeing Poetry Competition (2015), Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine (2021), Minds Shine Bright Confidence Writing Competition (2022), and Woollahra Digital Literary Award (2023). During 2024, he will publish two new poetry books through In Case of Emergency Press and Ginninderra Press.
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