Day 130: Jack-o'-Lantern

And now a seasonal offering. The pumpkin, Halloween symbol extraordinaire explored here by Carl Sandburg. But what else is the poem saying? Could it be, possibly, something about aging?? Theme in Yellow - Carl Sandburg I spot the hills With yellow balls in autumn. I light the prairie cornfields Orange and tawny gold clusters And I am called pumpkins. On the last of October When dusk is fallen Children join hands And circle round me Singing ghost songs And love to the harvest moon; I am a jack-o'-lantern With terrible teeth And the children know I am fooling.