Did you ever battle with your parents over the Halloween candy after trick or treat? Seems like all the time, they had to get their hands all over it and say they were “searching through your candy to make sure it was safe?”  Then when our parents thought they weren’t looking-they would swipe a piece of candy or two from your bag -especially after you did all of that hard work of trick ortreating!?

The poem below kind of reminds us of our candy battles back at Halloween-and how we liked to try to eat it up all in one night!…  This poem may give you some chuckles…

Enjoy!

THE HALLOWEEN CANDY BATTLE

Candy bars, tootsie rolls, m&m’s, suckers, bubble-gum, and candy corn

All collected inside my Halloween trick or treat bag,

Ready to be devoured within the coming hour.

My mouth is watering, the hungry tummy is growling

For some of these delicious spooky holiday treats.

Oh how my hands can’t wait to unwrap the first golden piece of candy

Of this treat filled evening…

The growing excitement draws near, as I run happily on home

All dressed up and floating in my white sheet ghost costume,

Feeling rewarded in my successful Halloween candy searching night.

With the turn of the doorknob in my warm family home,

Those sneaky parents of mine greet me with a smile

And begin to reach out their arms for my precious tote of candy…

They shall not take it away for me!

Numbers of doors were knocked upon,

With plenty of repeats of the words ”trick-or –treat”

As I smiled through my anxious awaiting teeth.

Long hours of trudging through the dark cool moonlit night

On the search for that perfect taste.

And now, THEY want me to hand over my treasure!

Furiously, I refuse, and run on up the stairs, with door behind me, locked closed.

Threats of stomachache and rotten teeth are heard through the walls,

They can’t scare me on my Halloween night!

I’ve worked too hard for my paycheck!

Like a little candy monster, I gobble up all of my favorite sweet chocolate bars,

And then challenge myself to see how many pieces of gum shall create

The big bubble of my sea

Before I know it,

Those tummy ache cramps begin-rumbling in the pit of my stomach…

They have poisoned me!

For this time, I guess they must have been right, as I ignored the fair warnings…

Perhaps they weren’t after the golden candy treasure after-all!

Sadly, in defeat,

I slump on down the stairs to hand over the precious candy cargo-

With the chocolate stains still swiped across my mouth,

In defeat, I retreat

To turn in for the night, with only

Delicious memories of those Halloween candy-searching nights…

-ariana cherry

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