For the last three Octobers, the couple of weeks before Halloween I’ve written a series of poems called: Scary Costume Ideas. I meant to start on the 15th (two weeks prior) but alas, I will start today….please use the comment section to supply your own Scary Costume Ideas.
Scary Costume Ideas # 18
Genetically Modified Corn
the insect who ate the GMO corn whose belly exploded
high fructose corn syrup
a toddler with a leaky intestine
my attention span
yours
the memory of the American electorate
the weight reading of my scale last Saturday
A seed cloud
A broken geiger counter
the irregular spot on my skin
Paul Ryan’s bicep
The orgasm Ann Romney never had.
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Scarlett Johansson’s exhausted blusher
Return of the Vermin from the Snotgreen Sea
Tom Hanks acid bath
The Were Leper Colonialist
The Pathological Liar
Any other faceless nameless character from Sylvia Plath
Edgar Allen’s Eggnog
The Forced Twilight of the Goths
Tha Marshmallow Toad
Dracula Face-lift
Kurt Cobain Takes His Revenge On Seattle
The Green Manalishi With The Three Pronged Horn
Star Trek on Ice
I Remember Kelvin
Virgin flight of the headless chicken
Paparazzi lynching party
Hitler Youth in the House of Windsor
Wombats on Acid
The Boom Town Rat
The Emeror’s Fat Cigar Stub
Newton’s Virtual Fig
The Hibernating Frog
Leda In Bondage
The Fin of the Celebrity Chef’s Crashed Chevrolet
Any Other Fender Bender
The Lost Chord Suspended