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Ringing Doorbells

Posted on 2023-10-30 by Bartholomew Barker

In hand-me-down costumes,Captain Hook one year,Peter Pan the next,Batmen and Stormtrooperscrunch through the autumn leaves. We scream trick-or-treat,pillowcases gaping,at the boring old adultwho opens his front doorand gives us toothbrushes. Whining back to the streetwe prepare toilet paperfor its final … Continue reading →

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Trick or Treat

Posted on 2021-10-26 by Bartholomew Barker

Here’s another collaboration with the good folks at Charles House. We reminisced about Halloweens of our youth, I read a few poems, including Poe’s The Raven (which technically isn’t a Halloween poem since he explicitly states that it occurs in … Continue reading →

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