Pumpkin

Pumpkin
The stars blistered
the midnight sky
when I found her
plump and golden
sitting in my garden.
Her limbs were
stretching to the sky
her body plump and firm.
She filled my tiny cart
with her lusciousness.
The stars danced
across her body
revealing her beauty.
I placed my cane in the cart.
stumbling with disjointed steps
I mindlessly pushed her
toward the house.
I dreamt of devouring her.
The cart slipped from my hands.
Bouncing down the rocky hill.
my lovely took 
a wild midnight ride.
At the bottom of the hill
I found her looking like
Humpty Dumpty
Shattered into many pieces.
Oh well, I thought,
there is always another pumpkin
In the pumpkin patch.