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Nor Washed Away by the Flood

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Twist My Words

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Holy Matrimony

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This Is Only A Test

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The Same

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Story Without a Name

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Slim

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Still to See

Mike Schorsch
Well

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Twist My Words
I see the spring dance all over your face in green
you were arrogant before you viewed my willow tree
outside my balcony.
Now you wave at me
with green fingers
and lime smiles.
You twist my words,
Harvard collegiate style,
right where you want them to be-
lime green, willow tree, and
dark skinned branches.

--Michael Lee Johnson

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Michael Lee Johnson is a poet and freelance writer from Itasca, IL. He is the author of The Lost American: From Exile to Freedom. He has also published two chapbooks of poetry. His poems have been published in the USA, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Turkey, Fuji, Nigeria, India, and the United Kingdom.