Missing Friends<\/p>\n
I have people I know in other states.
\nTo visit, maybe I should hop a freight.
\nOtherwise, it is doubtful I will see them.
\nSome are relatives, besides being friends.
\nThe social network allows us to talk.
\nWithout having to put myself in hock.
\nI know some who used to live here.
\nTill they got out of Dodge. That was clear.
\nIt seems, for one reason or another.
\nWe\u2019re no longer living close to each other.
\nWell, isn\u2019t that how they say it goes.
\nSome leave. Others come. Who knows?
\nYet,. I miss those who are no longer near.
\nI think of them when I tip back a beer.
\nBecause they are in there, just out of sight.
\nMemories of them remain through the night.
\nIn the morning, I long for more.
\nEven if they are on a foreign shore.
\nSo I scrimp and save and keep the dime.
\nHoping that I will find the time.
\nTo go and visit all of them.
\nAnd start the memories all over again.<\/p>\n
——————————–R.W. Johnson—–(2018)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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