Halloween Contest Third Place Entry!

Published online in The Haberdasher: Peddlers of Literary Art

The requirements were as follows:

Poem must be a spell with ingredients, a clearly stated purpose, and a chant of some type of magic wording.

Giggles of a girl,

snorts from a boy.

Baby hair so fine and a tiny child’s toy.

Mix these up in a pot full of lovin’ and say these words exactly

to get a bun in the oven.

“Sleep I sacrifice, I willingly forfeit this!

My waistline as well,

for the gift of bliss.”

Repeat these words thrice and a man then find. Attempt ye to woo him! Ye must be charming and kind!

With this spell ye shall have

Either a lass or a lad.

But be careful! Be wary! Ye must share with the Dad.