October's poem is a throwback to an old poem I wrote, roughly seven years ago, about Sesame Street character Oscar the Grouch.

Oscar the Grouch

In secondary seasons

Orange peels to green

Canadian dry, (tongue of a duck)

On pours the rain, hurray for muck!

Fluffy, Slimey, treasure pets

'Neath yon wormy elephant

Underworld of garbage truck

Left alone, inestimable junk

Our loves are, oh, so difficult;

Is it your OCD,

Collective madness,

Or misery,