Author: Chuck Johnson

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Tilted Cap

Sunrise mailing morning bluesCaptain slips on sailing shoesGoing where the day may chooseNot knowing what it’s after Sleeping sunshine dreams of dew,Captain’s ship and sailing shoesGoing where the clock may chooseand knowing what it’s after […]

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523

A clock stops at 5:23Somewhere near you, and equally me.Four eyes wonder accordingly. It’s morning, that’s a bow tie.The chimney shaved his head.Blondies walk cats while we down coffee instead. It’s evening, on the same […]

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Switch

There’s a switch in here I can flipand darkness becomes light.It’s loose, and tired, and counts it’s sheepfor a while until my hill’s too steep. Slow strobing few years.Flashing, darkness, seeking out fear.Slow strobing few […]

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So We Say

Aw man, better nowBlowing cold airYes ma’am, better nowShowing clocks care Goat cheese? Yes please.Bright lights, black beans, a high top in the corner. So we stay Oh time, better nowSleeping all nightLost rhymes, better […]

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Corner Fold

Pieced pictures together to tell a storyFlipping pages, corner folding gloryBent so we go back there A top page poem missing wordsPictures of people desiring similar thingsPlaces and people perspiring different thingsPerspiring poems filling words […]

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Moving Truck

Train rollingTruck’s movingShark’s swimmingChalk’s talkingHeaded to the sand Past fleetingTruck’s movingClark’s grinningStalks walkingBetter not to stand A bunny hopped and I jumped.Where the hell did that come from?Where does any of this come from?Ice cube […]

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Beer Man

Brother, can’t afford to chase the dreamBrother, beer man got more money Brother, crashed and fell it seemsBrother, that school cost more money Rock fall down from heavenRock, please reappearRock, this world got weird with […]