Strange
twisted vines slowly made their way out of the earth in our backyard this
summer. I think the fertile fermenting piles of compost finally congealed into
witches brew,
Now did the recipe call for a green frog or a brown frog?
slowly intoxicating the tiny microbes within. All summer long,
just after midnight along with the usual
stridulation of crickets, an occasional owl calling out who’s there, who’s
there, and a solitary lonesome bat (possibly an escapee from a witch’s den)-the
quietist of ever heard footsteps, hundreds of times quieter than a mouse,
eerily broke out. Shortly thereafter, burrowing sounds like miniature moles digging
tunnels leaving small mounds of glistening earth across the lawn. Ghost farmers?
Even
the fireflies looked ghastly this summer, drawing effervescent green trails in
the night sky, spelling some non-human language of ominous preparations. Though
the skywriting was undecipherable, one number was clear, 10.31, the date of
Halloween. Out of this noxious mix of microbiological muck, spine-shivering
sounds, and night-visions came the fast growing vines, everywhere but in the
garden.
Longer and longer, they grew, like dark green
dragons, twisting, turning, and climbing bushes and trees, occasionally belting
out large yellow flowers. Many a bee flew into those flowers; I never saw a
single one fly out. Some say they turned into spirits and fairies only released
in their new form on Halloween night. Instead of pollen, these winged workers
forcibly worked the ghastly glowing green vile, drawn up the roots of the vine,
into a diabolical concoction that emitted odorous flatulence. From this graveyard-shift distillery, evolved
first a green bulb, then a small melon, green and oblong like zucchini, at the
same time orange with a stem of a pumpkin. Sharon Meyer of Wcax guessed it a
“zucchipunk” or maybe a “zuccomelon” its cousin.
Legend has it, zuccomelon not wholly eaten
will stain the hand green forevermore.
Trick-or-Treaters,
you will have a trick or a treat depending on what you grab when you blindly
reach deep into the bag at our door on Halloween night. Will you grasp Swirly
Kiwi Green Lollipops, Green Sixlets Candy, Green Agave Sticks or green sour
beans? Or, will you be one of the few lucky ones who feel the smooth sticky
sweet chunky flesh of a Goblin Zuccomelon? If so, savor every bite, for legend
has it, zuccomelon not wholly eaten will stain
the hand green forevermore.
Make
your Halloween Green and Clean, and litter-free, good for people, planet, and the community. In addition, be sure to pack plenty of
Halloween dental floss. Oh and maybe some Pink Pepto-Bismol or more
appropriately for Green Halloween, stock up on Little Tummys Gripe Water-the
herbal supplement with ginger and Fennel for relief of gas & stomach
discomfort. Look for the puke green label.
Read more on how to enjoy
your Green Halloween @
http://www.greenamerica.org/livinggreen/Green-Halloween-chocolate-costumes-events-nontoxic-paint.cfm
and http://www.greenhalloween.org/content.php?page=faq
Explore great
ghastly graveyards for growing Jack-O-Lanterns @ http://www.paranormalhaze.com/8-creepy-graveyards/
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