Atropa belladonna wakes in shade
Samhain wind strips chlorophyll away
Children tread where mycelium threads
Solanum nods toward twilight gray
Halloween breathes through xylem veins
Pumpkin rot feeds nitrogen rains
Trick or treat the shadows chant
Belladonna Eve we dance and haunt
Taxus baccata guards the garden gate
Arils red as candy corn stains
Wind disperses Acer seeds like fate
Crone moon pulls the tidal drains
Halloween breathes through xylem veins
Pumpkin rot feeds nitrogen rains
Trick or treat the shadows chant
Belladonna Eve we dance and haunt
Datura stramonium unfurls white
Thorn apple offers nectar sweet
Owl pellets crunch on pavement bright
Roots recall each wandering beat
Soil temperature drops two degrees
Microbes slow their respiration rate
I whisper Latin to the falling leaves
Photosynthesis surrenders to fate
Conium maculatum stands tall and pale
Hemlock sways in costumes thin
Witch hazel blooms where ghosts set sail
Phenology marks where death begins
Halloween breathes through xylem veins
Pumpkin rot feeds nitrogen rains
Trick or treat the shadows chant
Belladonna Eve we dance and haunt
Morning frost on Cucurbita skins
Seeds saved for next year's sowing round
Cycle turns where shadow begins
Belladonna sleeps in loam profound
Halloween breathes through xylem veins
Pumpkin rot feeds nitrogen rains
Trick or treat the shadows chant
Belladonna Eve we dance and haunt
Belladonna Eve the night is ours
Sodium fades the mist retreats
Roots drink deep in silent beats