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    Hugs Kill: The Hidden Spectrum Between Dark and Light
    Hugs Kill: The Hidden Spectrum Between Dark and Light
    Hugs Kill: The Hidden Spectrum Between Dark and Light
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    Hugs Kill: The Hidden Spectrum Between Dark and Light

    By Dennis H. Barker

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDennis H. Barker
    Release dateMay 1, 2022
    ISBN9780578289465
    Hugs Kill: The Hidden Spectrum Between Dark and Light

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      Book preview

      Hugs Kill - Dennis H. Barker

      The Pendulum

      The hands hold the hours

      On the face of the clock

      As the pendulum swings

      Tick-tock

      The boy takes his old dog

      One last lap ‘round the block

      Past kids drawing sundials

      On the sidewalks with chalk

      The sun stretches slowly

      On the blooming shamrock

      While bacteria below

      Subsist from its stalk

      Migrating seasons

      Senior birds will take stock

      While the young gosling grapples

      To keep up with the flock

      The schoolgirl spends weeks

      Polishing ballads by Bach

      While the carefree cheerleaders

      Go on dates with the jocks

      Grandson fixes glasses

      With the eyes of a hawk

      While grandpa helps baby

      With its first steps to walk

      The grizzled sea captain

      Closing trip to the dock

      Weathered hands wield the wheel

      Winds of change fill the sock

      Sun sets on the ocean

      Like a plume of peacock

      The waves’ wax and wane

      Wears away weathered rock

      As the cars crystalize

      In graves of gridlock

      Juveniles snake between

      In joyous jaywalk

      The interest of time

      Pays no mind to the stock

      While the fool hides his money

      Like a hole in his sock

      The sprinter sets toes

      In the second starting block

      As the dad on death row

      Winds down his last walk

      Father Time’s at your doorstep

      With key in the lock

      As the pendulum swings

      Tick-tock

      My Old Crony Joe

      Fearless he chattered

      On thirty-foot ladders

      Talked off your ear

      About nothing that mattered

      Worked circles ‘round the kids

      On days hot as a flame

      When his retirement arrived

      He spent it much the same

      His heart beat in triplets

      His cadence frenetic

      Thought pain pills overrated

      And scoffed antiseptic

      Worked with the fury

      Of a raging red anthill

      Carved knives out of things

      That belong in a

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