On Halloween I got my wish—
The first house gave me licorice
As if in answer to my dreams,
The next house gave me caramel creams
Delicious candy, pure and sweet
I ate it while I crossed the street
The third house gave me bubble gum
I chewed so fast my tongue went numb
My mouth was thick with candied glop
I ate and ate, I couldn’t stop
With candy stuffed inside each cheek
I knew that I could barely speak
The fourth house was the best one yet
And so I mumbled “Thweck or Thwett!”
The lady gave me gummy snacks
That filled my mouth beyond the max
All that I could think to do
Was shovel out that candy goo
This Halloween was ending soon
So I raced home and grabbed a spoon
But when Mom saw my pantomimes
She made me brush my teeth six times
And by the time my teeth were clean
The lights went out on Halloween
A thousand neighbors, maybe more
Yet I could only get to four
But I’m not sad and I’m not blue—
My sister only got to two!
The first house gave me licorice
As if in answer to my dreams,
The next house gave me caramel creams
Delicious candy, pure and sweet
I ate it while I crossed the street
The third house gave me bubble gum
I chewed so fast my tongue went numb
My mouth was thick with candied glop
I ate and ate, I couldn’t stop
With candy stuffed inside each cheek
I knew that I could barely speak
The fourth house was the best one yet
And so I mumbled “Thweck or Thwett!”
The lady gave me gummy snacks
That filled my mouth beyond the max
All that I could think to do
Was shovel out that candy goo
This Halloween was ending soon
So I raced home and grabbed a spoon
But when Mom saw my pantomimes
She made me brush my teeth six times
And by the time my teeth were clean
The lights went out on Halloween
A thousand neighbors, maybe more
Yet I could only get to four
But I’m not sad and I’m not blue—
My sister only got to two!
You can hear Sergio Wals perform this poem as a song by clicking here.
