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FIELD NOTES

PUMPKINS AND THEIR KIN

Lee Coyne, ATMS

Each element of Halloween season conjures up GHOST—Here we find our ethereal spirit
a fear component. How they interact with our geared to haunt our survivors. Who we were

emotions is really at its epicenter. before suddenly reappears. Life and death
Let’s explore further. Halloween brings us to have come full circle. Is this not a form of
the forbidden netherworld. Death lurks down recycling people?
below. DEVIL—The very opposite of an angel.

Who are these icons of evil? Perhaps a foreboding of punishment for
SKELETON—These are the multiple misdeeds committed on Earth. That
remains of us after we’ve red complexion isn’t sunburn. Will Satan
passed on. Nothing horn in on this new chapter?

but sheer bones. WITCH—Another incantation of ultra bad
Relics of who we once tidings gone into flight. Stir the pot again
were. Shall we bone up and drink down that toxic brew. Will that
on our past? broomer become your roomer? Takes sway

all the humor.
BLACK CAt—Feline frenzy is literally at our
doostep, scrounging for scraps of our hearts
and souls. Ms Misfortune has arrived. Will

those paws pause before devouring? All five
of those cunning creatures can be mobilized
for Pumpkin Day mayhem. All can be then
transformed into a scary talk at Toastmasters

meetings. Is this not our sequel to Fatal
Attraction??
You don’t give a hoot? The Wise Old Owl
declares otherwise!

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