‘Halloween Decisions’ Poem

Please cite all poem references: “Excerpt from ‘Suzie Bitner Was Afraid of the Drain’ by Barbara Vance.” Thank you!

Halloween Decisions

I didn’t know just what to be
For Halloween this year.
I thought about an alien,
But chose a buccaneer.

I shifted to a skeleton
And then to Frankenstein,
But thought it would be most unique
To be a porcupine.

“Enough’s enough!” my mother said,
“Your list goes on and on!
You need to make a choice before
My sanity is gone!”

And so I came up with
A very clever compromise:
I’m a super-hero-cowboy-ghost
With glowing spider eyes.

~ Barbara Vance

Excerpt from the poetry collection “Suzie Bitner Was Afraid of the Drain”