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Marci Rae Johnson
Marci Rae Johnson’s most recent collection is Basic Disaster Supplies Kit (Steel Toe Books).
Sandgerði Iceland, midnight
On the mountain, it’s not necessary to say anything—
to decide what you and I might become.
Here the sun sets for only a moment,
thick cloud of fire and ash...
We are all the summer leaves
though this winter may never end,
the snow with its patches of stiff, brown grass...
Sea of Galilee: Aerial view
From a satellite the Sea of Galileelooks like my heart, but dark. Jesus
walked beside it one day. He said,“come I will return the blood...
Sensitivity to initial conditions
Put the words close enough.Closer than that, even closer...
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