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Halloween, Portland 2021

There’s a motel in vampire land

Where spider plants grow baby bats

And zombies float face down inside bathtubs.

I wear a black mask that covers my nose and mouth.

Trees scream red and orange and offer little resistance.

The desk receptionist with pointy horns

Says I lack the right number of digits.

Two to a customer. I shiver.

Outside, gas stations give transfusions of fresh blood.

It begins to rain. I don’t know where I am.

My tears flow pumpkin-flavored.