Twenty Days Until Halloween: A Free Verse Poem

Twenty days until Halloween
and I want to scream
because there is no place for me to go
on All Hallows' Eve.

Twenty days until Halloween
I have no candy in the house
to give to the little monsters
when they come
begging at my door.

Twenty days until Halloween
and I have to make
a shopping list:
light bulb for the front porch light
and wrapped candy for costumed hoards
that will come knocking
at my door.

Twenty days until Halloween
and the prospect
of blowing my diet
with leftover Halloween candy;
I wonder if I should
purchase tooth brushes instead.