January 8, 2026

Dove Bar Poem / A Willow Branch by Michael Lee Johnson

Dove Bar Poem

Ex-lover told me Dove dark

chocolate bars were good for lovers.

She ate dark Dove bars,

I ate light Dove chocolate.

She was healthy, I was sad.

We often go into fights over this.

She was manic and I was depressed.

Sex was a bouncing basketball affair.

She was healthy without knowing her disease.

I was sad, stealing apples

out of farmer John’s orchard.

Sleeping wherever

a pillow was found.





A Willow Branch (2)


Break in the rain.

The storm goes away.

A bitter family chat,

dicey, slicing

dagger of words—

they stand still—

a willow branch

cracks.

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