Hugs

Hypodermic needles
Get you medicine real fast,
Allowing drugs to enter
Into bloodstreams like a blast.

To transfer one’s affection
Like a needle-piercing drug
Can be managed very simply
Through the power of a hug.

The hug I mean is strong and close,
Enveloping and tight,
The kind that the recipient
Will know’s not just polite.

When I can see my friends again,
My children and my grands,
My hugs will speak a language
Every huggee understands.


for the Hugs Contest of Craig Cornish
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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Mcconnell Avatar
June 7, 2020 at 1:30 PM
A super huggee piece ilene, lovely rhyme and flow too. Many hugs be yours, Gordon
Rigoler Avatar
June 6, 2020 at 6:25 PM
I'm not a huggee but I am a warm hand shaker. In France the American habit of hugging anyone is frowned upon. In fact, the French have no word equivalent to our "hug." "Embrasser" (embrace) is as close as they get. Yet they think nothing of kissing either sex on the cheeks? Think about that. / M
Lamoureux Avatar
June 6, 2020 at 9:28 AM
I just love this one! I’m a huggee too, so here’s a hug for you! Hugs Rick.
Watt Avatar
June 6, 2020 at 1:54 AM
"Huggee" is my new favorite word! Thanks for this "shot in the arm", ilene. You always seem to know just what the doctor ordered. Virtual hugs ~ John
Dietrich Avatar
June 5, 2020 at 6:24 PM
so precious, Ilene!
Wolf Avatar
June 5, 2020 at 6:20 PM
Hugs and hypodermic needles. Only a pro could think of that analogy. Thanks, Ilene. :) gw
Cunningham Avatar
June 5, 2020 at 3:26 PM
Hopefully that day is not to far away. Good luck in the contest. Tom
Allison Avatar
June 5, 2020 at 3:13 PM
Oh I can't wait to be able to be close enough to people to give them a hug - Being able to have physical contact with our family is something I think many of us are missing so much. Hold tight Ilene, it won't be too long until we can meet our loved ones again:-) hugs Jan xx
Andresen Avatar
June 5, 2020 at 2:33 PM
- A hug of love, Ilene ... so beautiful :) - hugs from Norway :)
Leffanta Avatar
June 5, 2020 at 2:25 PM
I suspect there will be a queue! Well done, Ilene! Aloha! Rico
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