making a pilgrimage (for candy)
panhandlers converge downtown to pass
out sugar to unsuspecting pedestrians
some proclaiming to have arrived from as
far away as the moon
word has it they had rolled out of the desert
at three in the morning
having arrived a fortnight later
to what is often referred to
as the end of the earth
they carried with them canteens
and canned tuna and eggshell colored flags
bugles and banjos and tambourines
and every sort of confection imaginable
october two thousand seventeen
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jdubqca 
so fun!
thank you, Beth
Your words make a wonderful picture, Matthew 🙂
Thank you very much, Moz.
wow.
TYVM