HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

The picture is a photo of a real scarecrow that was
sent to me to brighten up my Halloween Day!!
Isn't that the most wonderful thing you ever saw??
THANK YOU DTOOTIE! MY DEAR FRIEND!!

BY DALE KEY

I SPIED THE UGLIEST SCARECROW
WATCHING ORE THIS FARMERS FIELD
I DECIDED TO SNOOP AROUND
TO SEE WHAT IT MIGHT YIELD

I COULDN'T FIND A SINGLE THING
THAT WAS GROWING ABOVE GROUND
EXCEPT FOR ONE OLD PUMPKIN
THAT WAS MORE OBLONG THAN ROUND

IT WAS SHAPED MUCH LIKE THE SCARECROW
SO I LOADED IT IN THE TRUCK
THEN I DECIDED TO DIG AROUND
IN THAT FIELD OF FLORIDA MUCK

THERE I FOUND ALL KINDS OF PLANTS
THEY WERE SHAKING AND OUT OF BREATH
FROM POPPING THEIR HEADS ABOVE GROUND
THEN RUNNING BACK SCARED TO DEATH

THEN I WENT TO THE AGING SCARECROW
TEARS RUN DOWN HIS CHEEKS
HE SAID YOUR THE ONLY ONE
THAT HAS STOPPED BY IN MANY WEEKS

I HELPED HIM UP IN MY OLD TRUCK
AND WE HEADED OFF DOWN THE ROAD
ALL THE WAY TO OKLAHOMA
HIS SADNESS REALLY SHOWED

WE HAD SO MUCH IN COMMON
FOR I TOO WAS UGLIER THAN SIN
BUT I COULD TELL AFTER AWHILE
HE WANTED TO GO HOME AGAIN

I BID MY FRIEND A SAD ADIEU
AND SENT HIM ON HIS WAY
TO BE AROUND FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES
ON THE UP-COMING HALLOWEEN DAY

END

Written for me by my good friend Dtootie! (Dale Key)
October 2001