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I know this is late, but...
By Robin

This poem can be used with an overhead projector. Begin with a clear glass dish. Place on the overhead. Cover the bottom of the dish with water. Add the ingredients as indicated in the poem.

Listen, my children
and you shall hear
A Halloween poem told far and near.
As witches galore - oh, what a sight
Gather together this Halloween night.
Fat ones and skinny ones, old ones and new
Fly in on broomsticks to make their brew.
Each witch brings a special treat
To make this tasty brew complete.
The witches are ready, their magic to cook,

Let's come on in an take a look.

Watch carefully now, don't even blink
This brew is too horrid, too awful to drink.

Begin with some green slime from the deepest,
dark cave, (Add green food coloring.)
If you don't want to drink this, you better
behave.

A drop of blood from a lion's tail
Insures this brew will not fail.
(Add red food coloring.)

Add to it some juice from and evil curse.
Can you imagine anything worse?
(Add Coke or coffee.)

Heh, heh, heh to this tasty dish
We'll add the eyes of two dead fish.
(Add two marbles.)

The bile from the lover of a bat killed
at midnight
Makes this potion a gruesome sight.
(Add yellow food coloring.)

We'll add some catsup just for fun.
(Add catsup.)
Two snake eyes and a snake - see how they
run.
(Add two raisins and a broken rubber band.)

A final touch for the most delicate flavor
Rattlesnake poison - it's something to savor.
(Add blue food coloring.)

The brew's complete, the black cat is purring
All it needs now is some careful stirring.
(Stir the brew.)

A hot fire make the brew boil and bubble.
If you listen you'll hear it without any
trouble.
(Add 1 Alka Seltzer.)

The witches are pleased, and they cackle
with glee.
their brew is the best, the best it could be.

They fill up their vials and make ready for
flight.
There they go on their broonsticks this
Halloween night.

And off in the distance, by the light of the
moon,
I hear them calling,
We'll see you sooooooooon!

*My kids always enjoy this poem. I first make it without them seeing what I'm adding. I then make it a second time showing them each ingredient I add to the "brew."