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Dependable, Like the Tides

By Stephen Phillip Johnson

They come, in shifts— through side entrances, private doors…. most

wearing comfortable, expensive shoes, color-matched pants and tops

squeezing-in last minute family talk, world business…. on cell phones.

Somewhere in this sanctum cube (say, Room 416), a bed-bound soul alerts

to the Change, hopefulness warming; the One with the soft touch is near!

Stephen Phillip Johnson is a Mountain Home carpenter. Writing is his itch. Within the halls of medicine, where he’s been (repeatedly) healed, reside flocks of muses.

Posted on April 18, 2023

Filed Under: 7 - 55 Words

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