the best way to start
any day
[but especially halloween]
is to hold a black cat in your lap
as she purrs and purrs and looks around with
gigantic yellow eyes
taking in the room
[and all the potential ghosts and ghouls that may reside
here]
and letting her go as soon as she starts to squirm
so she can simply crawl behind you as you sit
and curl up in a little purring ball of spooky
comfort