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Adam Johnson

Telephone

Hello

Just my luck,
I could not be here to call;
it is my duty to be
an answer.

Hello

I accept what is sent.
Nothing new.

Recycle,
brought around and
moving forward like
a bicycle — bicycle, bicycle.
            I am your bicycle to be ridden
                  around and sent
                        back to you as an
                  answer.

Hello

 

Adam Johnson graduate from Hamline University in 2012 with a Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing. He has been published in Rolling Stone magazine, as well as Illinois State University's online student journal Euphemism. Adam lives in Minneapolis with his wife and guitars.