Every year is the same,
we go out on Halloween night.
Green make up with warts,
looking like a terrible sight!
Walking miles and more miles,
all around our big town.
Looking for the rich folks homes,
where all the best candies found.
Then my feet begin to ache,
and my arms start to drag.
From all the candy I've got,
there's no more room in my bag!
Looking down on my sleepy face,
my Dad lovingly takes my hand.
"Lets get you on home dear"
I never seen his evil plan!
In the bathroom he sends me,
to wash and clean my face.
While he goes through my candy,
tossing out this one...just in case!
When I looked in my bag,
I knew something was wrong.
Half my candy was missing,
I started to scream and moan!
"Who took all my candy,
that I worked for so hard?"
Dad smiled in his innocence,
"no one...I've been on guard!"
Author notes
I remember as a child knowing I never had as much candy after I got home as I did before my parents got through looking for "the bad ones" After I was grown they told me they would take out the ones they liked first! Ha!
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875 points, ended October 15, 2008, 11 entries
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Comments
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ha ha thats hilarious and so totally something a parent would do and could get away with. I liked the flow in this poem and found your imagery to be strong and to create a strong picture for the reader.
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Thanks much!! I know my parents did this and we do learn from our parents!
thanks for reading
darlintlc
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Ha! How funny. I remember my parents doing the same thing. The benefit to becoming a parent myself is now I get to do it! Thanks for the entry and good luck.
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Thanks for the read and comment!
Yeah it's easy to get by with it when they are little but once they get alittle older they start getting wise to you!
darlintlc
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This was great!
I must admit to taking the candy my kids didnn't want. Honest! 
I'm not as picky!
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Guess u were nicer than me...I always took my favorite(snicker bars)
Thanks for reading
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lol this is very funny, my kids dont get to do much halloweening as its their little brothers birthday, but we still deve thriugh the goodies that they collect at his party nice write good luck in the contest littlfishone
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Thanks much for reading and commenting...glad it gave u a smile!
Sometimes its nice being a parent!
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hahahaha. I remember those days. Nicely penned. You brought me right down memory lane with your image rich words! I love this piece!!! Good luck in the contest!
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Thanks so much for your comment! I use to just love Halloween as a kid...those were the days! We did get so tired,we did love the big houses(back then they did give you more)Ha! And our parents did "trick" us into thinking they just took out the candy they thought was bad! Loved it though!
Glad to take you down memory lane with me!
darlintlc
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