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Musings of a Witness

Stephen Johnson III

I write poetry and short literary fiction. Come and see.

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tear-dimmed and bloodshot // poem

tear-dimmed and bloodshot,
lurking behind the rim of an afternoon glass:

eyes that drown in caramel memory,
savoring glimmers of the bottle’s amnesia.

the poison tastes like gasoline
but the living tastes like dying sober,

so you s...

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the vow of an ageless emperor // poem

[See Book II]

Book III:

as the eldest of man, I
Vindronium, Inheritor

shall rule the faithful kings
and enact Law in its absence.

all men of faith and honor
have knelt and heard truth:

the Empire of the Elect
shall oppose the...

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the first gift of Cain // poem

I am the creeping
the plague o’er sands
and know me as stillbirth
the culling of lambs.

I rest now in chambers,
belt-fed to your guns.
and I am inside you —
from whom shall you run?

no,
I have been with you
since Abel was...

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lying for the good of the cause // poem

they’re taught to control the narrative,
not to understand it.

it is their nature to reframe, redefine
all that is
that is against their truth.

“the problem is never really what the problem is.
the problem is your angle, your bias...

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green-eyed blues // poem

she was pretty in the peaceful kind of way.
fair skin, dark hair, and haunted green eyes:
spanish blood steeped in new world colors
and the quiet, true voice of a mournful angel.

though I knew her then, all those years ago,
I canno...

5 months ago
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