COSTUME
Orange, round if you want, a stem hat if you dare.

NIGHT 16 OF 31
The giant pumpkin night. Everything else on the calendar is jealous.
Orange, round if you want, a stem hat if you dare.
A small uncarved pumpkin you are responsible for.
The ground disappears under pumpkins. Carved ones are lit. Whole ones are still fruit.
The giant pumpkin night. Everything else on the calendar is jealous.
Soup, seeds, bread, a cake that is actually pumpkin and admits it.
Warm pumpkin with milk and spice, in a thick cup.
A low drum and people knocking spoons, which should not work.
Carve if you know how. If you do not, polish one and give it a name.
Lighting hour. Every carved face comes on in a wave, not a jump.
The field of faces is the party. You walk between them.
OF THIS OCTOBER
Nia names hers and will not carve. Rafi’s face is traditional and slightly wonky. Of this October.
EVENTS
A FRAME, IF YOU WANT ONE
You among hundreds of glowing pumpkins at a mountain festival, orange clothes, a small whole pumpkin in your arms, dusk, no text.
STALL
Felt, ridiculous, warm. The cheapest way to be a pumpkin.