Hallows

Hallow: noun archaic
a saint or holy person. ~ Apple Dictionary, Version 2.2.3 (118.5)

All hallows eve,
the day before All Saints Day
becomes hallowe'en,
a day of costumes, candy,
metaphysical, creatures strange,
death examined.
Halloween, a day to begin bingeing
to be continued daily, vigorously
until the distress brought by gluttony
ends – a least for a day or two —
to the tune of "Auld Lang Syne."

Excessive food need not be
with the grace and blessing of the saints —
those who've passed after preparing the road
and those who walk the recovery way
each day, that day, all day.

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