Halloween
Trick or treat transformations
Turn my gentle little girl into a wizened witch
a tall felt hat
With long yarned black hair
Homemade flowing gown
white sneakers sneaking out from below
Orange bucket in hand, preparing to collect the magic of the night
We are both giddy with possibilities of what might be
Another halloween
Now with her own little one still nestled in her womb
Growing, growing, surviving
Competing with the hungry cancer cells
Thriving within her breast
Attacking her lymph nodes
Licking her bones
We set about another transformation
While she takes a long hot-nerve calming shower
the best scissors are sharpened
The kitchen chair arrange
