Kiss me if you feel like it will make a difference

A contemporary poem by E.B. Johnson.

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if you think that it will make any matter 
to the turmoil that’s brewing inside me.

if you think that tomorrow might be a
new chance to make something of our-
selves; another chance to love again or

turn it off —

you watch me when i write poetry and
you say you like the way i read between
the lines; i like it less when you’…