Details of Sapelo River

Kimberly Johnson

your marsh and river at dawn and dusk
ever-changing palette of brilliant hues,

a back I scratched on novice skis,
arm I tickled casting lines, nets, shells;

you picked up the dinner check:
deviled crab, steamed shrimp, fried fish,

and lulled me in a dock hammock as I listened
for playful dinnertime dolphins,

an empty mollusk shell now –
priced far less than all you’ve given.

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Bridge the Distance: An Oral History of COVID-19 in Poems Copyright © 2021 by Kimberly Johnson is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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