Heartier

A Christmas Pumpkin
A Christmas Pumpkin

Halloween was incomplete this year.

We got busy,
      life got in the way,
   and Jeff and I
        weren’t able to carve pumpkins
                     together.

But we learned
   pumpkins are a lot heartier
          than we knew,
       because way back in October,
               the week of Halloween,
                    I bought one,
                      only one
          since we were limited on time –
             so limited that it sat uncarved
                   until mid-December.

It didn’t rot,
   so we thought we’d try
      something different
              with it,
           because why not?

And Jeff got to use a drill,
     which he loved!

So surprise
   to you and us.
         Jeff and I are able to say
                  Merry Christmas
             with a freshly “carved” pumpkin!