Trick or Treat
Moldy sugar and weevily flour,
Some rancid butter at the Witching Hour.
Wriggly worms, spiders and flies,
Spooky cookies, a treater’s surprise.
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Time to Write
I can’t find the time to write.
Playing with Fire
My thumb flicked the striker of the lighter and the spark gave birth to yet another flame.
Milk
Eunice sniffed the milk carton left on the counter and wrinkled her nose, swallowing hard against her rising gorge.
Before Dinner
‘Tonight will be perfect’, she thought, snipping an errant shoot and placing the bonsai tree on the table’s centre.