Halloween

i remember reading andy peterson's
i remember horror poems
remembering that my
first experience
with a woman
happened
during the shower scene in Psycho.

i remember waking up
on Halloween
with a bloody nose
and thinking it
a fine preface.

i remember celebrating
the completion
of Casual Encounters
on Halloween day.

i remember dressing
up as a bat.

i remember dressing
up as an old man.

i remember dressing
up as superman
with bulge.

i remember dressing
up as a woman
in heels.

i remember dressing
up as a ninja
or more notably as
Karate Kid.

i remember dressing
up as a dead poet
and a dead poet
looking much
like me but with
makeup.

i remember
dressing up as
a robot.

i remember a friend
dressing up
as me.

i remember the leaves
streaming across the street
and always looking for
michael myers.