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Robert K. Johnson is a retired professor of English, Suffolk University/Boston. For many years he was the Poetry Editor for the Ibbetson Street Press. He has been widely published, both poetry and non-fiction.

WHEN I AWAKE TOMORROW

Robert K. Johnson

Like a restaurant’s

between-courses treat

that cleanses the palate

of what came before,

let the dawn light

purge my mind

of my past’s

bad-tasting moments

so I can still better

enjoy

the brightening day

served to me

now.

— Robert K. Johnson

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