Ode to Pumpkinfest

Ode to Pumpkinfest

When the season's coming cold
And you're starting to feel old
Cast your gaze into the West
Pumpkinfest

For there's fun yet to be had
There's a costume to be clad
Come and don your Pumpkin best
Pumpkinfest

In a circle of dear friends
There's a love that all wounds mends
Feel the swelling in your chest
Pumpkinfest

Feel the laughter, feel the love
Feels like angels from above
With each guest I am more blessed
Pumpkinfest

Each new friend a new gift shares
Stories, hugs, and pumpkin wares
And my joy swells to a crest
Pumpkinfest

Spending all night eating pie
Carving squash 'till dawn is nigh
I've nary felt more successed
Pumpkinfest

Still, the rub of every party,
Even when the fun is hearty
Is how bad the house gets messed
Pumpkinfest

If you saw the present state
of our home (it is not great)
I assure you'd be impressed
Pumpkinfest

So perhaps I should require
Ere you head home to retire
That you clean at my behest
Pumpkinfest

Many pumpkins to remove
From each cranny nook and groove
Of my well-beloved nest
Pumpkinfest

By tomorrow's coming eve
I shall have my clean reprieve
Every dirty wound redressed
Pumpkinfest

Now the holiday is done
And I've had a lot of fun
Soon I'll clean but now I'll rest
Pumpkinfest

So to bed I'll shortly go
And relax from head to toe
Till I've fully decompressed
Pumpkinfest

So when next year comes around
If you find you're in my town
I'll for sure keep you abreast
Pumpkinfest

Though so many more words rhyme
I feel that I've run out of time
I don't want to be a pest,
I refuse to say incest,
As I've made it my sole quest
Not to importunely jest,
But I mustn't lack for zest
Even though I'm feeling stressed,
So accept this palimpsest
Pumpkinfest