
DeRicki Johnson@derickijohnson· 19d I admire
My #creation…
An artificial
Man
Teach him how
To walk and talk
And how
To understand
He asks
Of his purpose—
If for him
I have a plan
Tell him
He’s to be my slave
And grant
My e’er demand
But, made him
Too smart and strong…
Now me
He doth command.
-dj
#vss365

DeRicki Johnson@derickijohnson· Jul 11 Naked nymph
Roils the sea
Tsunami
My libido
Aeons pass
In her embrace
So smooth
She captured me, tho
Spinning in
A tight #embrace
We dance
A dark Calypso
She vows
Someday
To free me
But I am afraid to go
For the World
Has arced thru Space
To a place
That I don’t know
#vss365
October 2020

DeRicki Johnson@derickijohnson· Jun 12 Peaceful
Was Africa
‘Til sea turned
Bitches’ brew
Boiling
Witch’s cauldron
#Consuming
All we knew
Our sweat & blood
Made black soil
Where
A New World grew
One intent
To spit us out
Now our toil’s
Been used
Dat dog won’t hunt
’Merica
My roots
Too deep in u
#vss365

DeRicki Johnson@derickijohnson· May 22 Our town’s
Being pillaged
By the evil
Mad King Con
He’s stealing
Everything
He can get
His ape hands on
Helped him
Set this con up
Cuz he vowed
My beak he’d wet
#Lingered ‘til
Ain’t nuthin left—
& my beak
Ain’t wet yet
Fact, I think
He stole MY stuff
That’s ’bout
Bad as it gets
#vss365 #NoKings

DeRicki Johnson@derickijohnson· May 15 The monsters made
“I’m sorry” tours…
Post atrocities
They’re hoping for
#Forgiveness
Sans animosities
They’re contrite—
Except Hedorah
Full of pride & spite
I think he wants
One more rampage
I fear city’s plight
They best lock
That mofo up
Don’t let him walk tonite
#vss365

DeRicki Johnson@derickijohnson· May 12 If we
Just had more gold
We woulda made
A golden calf
Instead
We had to settle for
A sad
Deluded ass
For just
One fleeting moment
Thought he’d grasp
The irony
But noting
All the gold leaf
He boasts,
“There’s no iron in me…”
#vss365 #NoKings

DeRicki Johnson@derickijohnson· May 9 World calls me
A #misfit
Cuz I don’t
Play it’s rules
I oft say
& do things that
The King
Considers cruel
But as CourtJester
My words
Are jokes
Told by a Fool
Tho listen close
& Fool’s words
Might just
Take you to school
Should we tell
Our dimwit King
His throne’s
A toilet stool?
#vss365 #NoKings

DeRicki Johnson@derickijohnson· May 5 You give off
A weird energy
I’ve always
Felt it so
My sister
Never liked you
As my girlfriend?
She votes NO!
I never
Did suspect you
When my sister
Disappeared
We have
Decade
Of wedded bliss
My love for you is #dear
Feel bad
I broke your ring box—
But just found
My sister’s ear
#vss365

DeRicki Johnson@derickijohnson· Apr 30 My friend went in
A #lion’s den
Against
My best advice
His confidence
Quite misplaced
Left him by cat
Sliced and diced
His hat—
Now all that’s left of him
I brought
His grieving wife
Whom loved
But knew
Her husband’s twists—
So well insured his life 😉
#vss365

DeRicki Johnson@derickijohnson· Apr 27 My Grams
Was first #tactician
I ever
Came to know
I watched
Her wrangle, “Yes”
From a World
That told her “No”
She taught me
To make “Something”
From “Nothing”
In my bag
And, that we
Were never “Poor”
Just “Broke”
When nought we had
#vss365 #Family #Wisdom

DeRicki Johnson@derickijohnson· Apr 26 Godzilla crashed
Our #Lunar Fest
But he was made
Of straw
& so it
Only tickled
As he seized us
In his jaws
Godzilla
Was defeated
Accidentally
By my Pa
Who nervous
Lit a cigarette
While he
Was in Beast’s maw
All that’s left
Is pile of ash
& poor ole
Smokin’ Pa…
#vss365

DeRicki Johnson@derickijohnson· Apr 23 My friend bought flag
Of Mexico
And flew it
From his car
He drove
Thru Minnesota streets
To bait ICE
Near and far
Up there they love
Ice #fishing
So his trolling
Was on par
That ICE finds this
Beyond the pale
Makes him
A superstar
#vss365 #ICE #ICEfishing

DeRicki Johnson@derickijohnson· Mar 26 I lent to a friend. 🤷♂️ Might be awhile before I can get a flight to retrieve it, cuz… well, you know. 😉😂

DeRicki Johnson@derickijohnson· Mar 26 PS—The system misinterpreted the last word in your missive and slapped an “Intolerance” warning on it. Sheesh!🤷🏾♂️
Sooo… Big Brother is watching?👀

DeRicki Johnson@derickijohnson· Mar 21 I paint
A fetching abstract
Then I place it
On a shelf
Shrewd collector,
I #divide Me
Then buy it
From myself
I buy and sell it
Several times
To raise my
Masked selves’ wealth…
Wealth realized
Once art is sold
To the sucker
On my left
Getting rich
Is so easy
I go paint
Another theft
#vss365

DeRicki Johnson@derickijohnson· Mar 19 I walk with u
Thru jungle
But ur gonna
Get us killed
U don’t
Know what ur doing
But ur hooked
On mortal thrills
Tiger jumps
From bush to claw u
Until
Ur corpse lay still
I #entreat
He show mercy
As ur sweet meats
Big cat swills—
But there’s
No #mediation
Cuz this cat
Ain’t had his fill…
#vss365

DeRicki Johnson@derickijohnson· Mar 18 I #entreat you
Keep an open mind
‘Bout secret
I’m gone share
Secret is
I ain’t from Earth
But came here
On a dare
It’s obvious
To rest of us
You Earthlings
Flipped a coin
Heads you wake up,
Tails you sleep—
And dead species
You will join…
#vss365

DeRicki Johnson@derickijohnson· Mar 16 I noticed
Old Pennywise
Has been more vile
Of late
He’s been busy
Taking heads
Of other clowns
He hates
He feels
The trophies
Justified
For his honor’s sake
Becuz
Their inane antics
#Surpassed
What he could take...
“Penny for ur head?”
He’d ask—
Then them,
Decapitate
#vss365

DeRicki Johnson@derickijohnson· Mar 11 Not #bonny be
Butt ends of bread—
I’m speaking of
The Tail & Head
Repeatedly
I skip the Head
For a cuter
Slice instead
Spurning slows
As loaf gets thin
And these two pieces
Kiss as friends
Sad, the end
When last breads blend
As fresh as stale
Mismatched bookends…😢
#vss365

DeRicki Johnson@derickijohnson· Feb 19 Some days I feel
A madman
With a knife’s
Gone slice & dice
So #mystified
America
How JUSTICE
Turned JUST ICE
Why do we let
Rich pedos
Steal our self respect
& Rights
Don’t know bout u
But 4 my freedom
I am down
To fight
So if they
Bring the darkness
Then we hafta
Bring the light
#vss365 #Epstein

DeRicki Johnson@derickijohnson· Jan 18 Heads up. I got this screen when I hit your link. Maybe it’s on my end, but check it out.

DeRicki Johnson@derickijohnson· Jan 15 Please don’t ask
How we lost Bob
To a mishap
On the job
Goes double
For the Bossman
Any mention
Makes him sob
We asked a guy
In marketing
Write #heartfelt
“Ode to Bob”
It’s on the sign
Outside
Next to a Want Ad
For Bob’s job
That No one
Thinks this tone deaf
Explains how
We lost poor Bob
#vss365

DeRicki Johnson@derickijohnson· Jan 11 Guess you think
I’ll go quiet,
Lest you shoot me
In the head
So prolly
You’ll find #kooky…
Me resisting you
Instead
I still believe
America’s
Home of the brave
And free
So get your ICE-ass
Hands off of
The freedoms
Granted me
#vss365

DeRicki Johnson@derickijohnson· Oct 22 From Young Dick
To Old Grey Dick
Grew great
His deviltry
In stature
He’s a wee man,
But titan
Of the sea
In short
He is legend
In the world
Of piracy
Fools smirking
As they meet him
Are soon
Brought to their knees
We “Bigguns”
Get humbled
By
Wee Big Dick’s #energy
#vss365

DeRicki Johnson@derickijohnson· Oct 4 Did you know
Bugs Bunny
Did audition
For “Pulp Fiction?”
Bugs lost part
To Samuel L.
They didn’t like
His diction
He filed
An anti-wabbit suit
Causing star
Some “fwiction”
Number of
His acting gigs
Has suffered
Sharp constriction…
#vss365

DeRicki Johnson@derickijohnson· Sep 28 Ornate, eldritch
#Escutchean
Frames keyhole
To this vault
Glowing
Sigils on it
No doubt reason
You’re now salt
Warned you
Not to mess with it—
Your death
Is not my fault
Tho my tales
Of riches
Guaranteed
Vault you’d assault…
Sacrificing
Fools like you
I’ll crack vault
By default
#vss365

DeRicki Johnson@derickijohnson· Sep 14 Superhero
Sr. citizens
Sit
On a bench
Decked out
In costumes—
But in pinch
They’ll prolly #flinch
Flash has got
A bad hip
Off running
Accident
Batman
Lost his tool belt
& where
His gadgets went
Old age is a cascade
Of sadly failing parts
Ask these ailing Supers
Who sit & sigh & fart
#vss365

DeRicki Johnson@derickijohnson· Sep 2 His name is
Mr. Buttermilk
He’s Satan’s
Civil servant
The Devil’s
Bounty hunter
Whose hunt for souls
Is fervent
I owe my soul
To Lucifer
It’s why
I’m on the run
But nothing
Stops Mr. B—
No club
No knife
No gun
I use
A magic cloak
To elude
The Milky One
#vss365

DeRicki Johnson@derickijohnson· Aug 5 Our starship’s
Open concept—
No Captain’s
Ready Room
From Ensign
To Captain
We’re same mist
If ship goes BOOM!
In fact
We blew up
Just today—
Much to our suprise
So far
Ain’t seen no #angels
But hear
My kinfolk cry
Me & crew
Go check out
Cool black hole
We just blew by…
#vss365 #SciFiMicro 36

DeRicki Johnson@derickijohnson· Jul 30 Loud music blares
From juke joints in
Deep Ellum’s
Neighborhood
Place made
By segregation
Where ex-slaves
Sold work and goods
#Elm Street
Was the anchor
Of this bustling
Burg of commerce
No trace remains
This legacy
Once powers be
Saw worth
#vss365