King of the Verboten Harvest

Lightning strangles malign straw sight.
Ravenous ravens caw for their plight.
A pumpkin king laughs, humorlessly,
Scaring only those who serve him.
Fields of copious, ugly weeds
Grow a deadly, disheartened grin.
Jack-o’-lanterns shout.
The old ghost pouts.
Trees crush witches’ hay stalks
Wilting barren brown squawks.