It does not make a lot of sense
to be a bad person in Jesus's name,
but it can be quite a blast of kindness
to face the world
with all your faults and foibles
and especially with what is even worse.
A blazing sacrifice,
and does that gift not increase
with every flicker of a shadow?
Perhaps some people glow
with an eerie green light,
and their torches of faith
are in a dark cave of a soul.
Are we not the essence of Halloween?
Jackolanterns being smashed
while the children trick or treat.