11th Annual Halloweensie Contest!!!
- Andrew Hacket
- Oct 31, 2021
- 1 min read
After being on a revision marathon all summer, Susanna Leonard Hill's 11th annual Halloweensie contest was just what I needed to spark some creativity and write something new. I hope you enjoy my entry, loosely inspired by my 4-year-olds bathroom antics.
THE HALLOWEEN POTTY
By Andrew Hacket
100 Words
Halloween night.
Goosebumps bristle
as monsters arrive, goodies in hand.
Time to party.
“Too little,” they say. I’m ushered away.
I stand in my lavatory, laboratory.
My cauldron, shiny white.
A trick up my sleeve.
Time to mix.
Time to make.
Conjure.
Create.
But footsteps on stairs means hurry,
move quick. Too rushed to measure, I toss it all in.
With a flush of excitement, I give it a whirl.
The cauldron strains,
gurgles, groans,
about to explode.
My family bursts in
as the toilet erupts.
They’re now dripping in slime
that glows-in-the-dark.
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