Halloween Gypsies
We all dressed as gypsies. We all
wore tall boots and long skirts
and shirts un-tucked and we all
tried to flirt and twirl our skirts
before we skipped down the street,
tapping our feet and ringing bells,
telling what we were to get our treat,
singing on the street the songs to sell
the candies we’d gotten that night.
That night we headed home on tired feet
to sort our treats and trade in the light.
That night, everything was sweet.
© 2011 Elizabeth Ehrenfest Steinglass, all rights reserved
Tonight I’m experimenting with a wreathed form in which the end rhymes are echoed internally in the next line.