Rivermjohn

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  July 2023     9 months ago

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Don’t Worry So Much

“Don’t worry so much.”
The smoky words leave my mouth and dance together in the warm night sky.
Though it’s bad for my health, the smell brings me back to my childhood.
Brown paper bags full of gummy worms and cold Cherry Garcia.
Back then,...

by River Johnson

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Bell of Good Luck

Your hateful lips form an accusation that cuts the silence in the air
“So who are you copying now?”
Your question is the clapper that sets forth the ringing of self-doubt in my mind.
It reverberates in my soul like the great Bell of Good Luck.
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by River L. Johnson

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It’s very sweet and very good at invoking the imagery of the scene. You can feel the poor boys plight. Very nice

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