Pumpkin Heads

It is a Halloween ritual,
Carving ghoulish faces
In round headed pumpkins.
It is actually
A competitive sport,
And there seems
No end to the creativity
Of those proficient
With a knife.
Every year they get
More radical than the last.
Those pumpkin heads
Make quite a show
Late at night
With a candle burning inside,
But if grotesque is your thing,
Then let them sit a week or so
As the faces slowly distort
And take on an aged glare.
That is when the faces
Really become hideous!