The Pumpkin Quartet - Trick And Treat - A Halloween Nonsense Post

Not by T.S. Eliot
By Not.T.S.Eliot
By T.S. Not.Eliot
By and Not By T.S. Eliot

Schrodinger's Cat would insist on the fourth option/non-option. 


Certainly Eliot of yore didn't visualize his Four Quartets as Four Goofy Pumpkins carved in Maine, who have a carpet rolled out for them to walk/squat-on depending on whether they are Hollywood pumpkins or hefty desi Indian ones. So we say Bye to T.S. Eliot and proceed!

These four pumpkins are pet spooks of Kim Raikes
Keep safe distance

This silliness around a quartet of pumpkins - or Four Quartets of Pumpkins - emerged from a really serious conversation around the Trick Or Treat theme taken in the profound context (Eliot was involved)  of Life-and-death/Life-or-death. Believe me, the conversation gave me goosebumps of a totally different kind from the spooky shivers and shudders associated with a macabre Halloween costume or two. And the conversation will be posted another day, also entitled "Trick And Treat" because that dratted cat got us good and educated us on the new reality where they coexist peacefully and don't fight over scraps like old-fashioned Tom Cats did.

As with so many dear, lost souls, the kitty's real name has been lost to posterity. An reward is still on offer for the one who unearths the wise feline's birth name by which he was addressed all of nineteen times.

Meanwhile here's a deal. Readers please give Schrodinger's Cat a name and post it in a comment. I will put all the names into a witch's basket, toss it up to high heaven and bring it down and pick one. My next post will be themed around the word I pick - it does not have to be a Austrian/Hungarian/German/Irish or any sort of European/Abrahamic name. Indeed it can be a Vedic ahem Vedantic name which is probably what he gave his pet. 

Lest the Four Pumpkin Spooks who triggered this post feel offended, back to pumpkins. Do you know the first American to discover the magical powers of the Indian pumpkin? He comes next only to Schrodinger for his service to the Indian cause.

Cheers And Happy Halloween!

Keep off carpet
Do not walk without permission of Kim Raikes

Footnote: 

• Keep a sharp eye out for future appearances of that carpet in your dreams and/or this blog. 

• The Real Trick And Treat Post - treat as distinct from the trick - will hit these pages in the next few days. 

• Visit links in the interests of Higher Education on feline as well as Presidential behavior