John's poems of...LIFE - LIVING &LOVE...JDJ

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My. Growing-UP
In. My.  Small
Winona-MINNESOTA
Beautiful-Home-SWEET
HOME
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I. Remember. How. Me. And. My. Brother,
Our. Every. Simple-FUN-Adventures
and. PLEASURES. Every. Season
That. Of. Winter. Summer. Spring. And
FALL. That. Were
FOUND:////////


On. Our.  BIKES,
Every. Square-FOOT,
And. Inch. Of. Our
SMALL--TOWN://////
All. Day.  LONG
ALL.  AROUND://////


From. The. Winona
TWIN--LAKES://////
to. The. Mississippi
River.  We. Went.  Every
PLACE.   And. Always. Had
our. Adventure. And
FUN.  EXCITEMENT 
GREATS:///////


In. Summer.  TIME://////
With. EXTREME-HOT
HUMID--Burning
SUNSHINE://///


Going. To. The
DAIRY-QUEEN:///////
to. Get. An--ICE-CREAM,
DiLLY-BAR. And. Chocolate. 
iCE-CREAM___CONE,
Or. A. MISTER-MISTY
____. ICE __COLD__
DRINK.  In. The. Summer
WAS. OUR. Every
HAPPY
DREAM:///////


In. SUMMER
we. Rode. Our. BIKES,
To. The. River. The. Bluffs.  And
To. The. East. End. West. End. And
North. And. South
. And. Always.
 Ended. UP
JUMPING.  In.  The
L
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and. We.  COOLED-OFF,
In. Our. LAKE
and. FELT
Refreshed
GREAT:///////


Then. We. Went. To. The.  MISSISSIPPI
RIVER. And. The. Water. Was. Swift. Moving. 
And. Very. Chilly.  And.  COLD,
And. We. Road. Our. Bikes
and. Crossed. The. Big-BRIDGE,
And. SWAM.  On. The
WISCONSIN
SIDE:////////
Me.  And. My.  BROTHER,
Every. DAY. In. The.  SUMMER,
All.          Over.         Our           SMALL.        WINONA
M.       I.       N.       N.       E.       S.       O.       T.       A
TOWN.  IN.  The.  SUMMER. On.  Our
BIKES. Side. By. Side. We
Would. HAPPY
TOGETHER
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We. HAD. ALL. OUR. {{{. PETS. }}}
OF___Really__MANY
and.  PLENTY
OF.  Rabbits,  Gerbils,   Hamster,
Parakeet, and.  Many-Guppies. And. 
GOLD-FISH,
Pigeons. Turtles. Guinea - pigs
a. DUCK. And.  Our
CAT:////////
at. Our.   HOME
IT. WAS.  Like. A
Z
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A.  Matter. OF
F
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We.  LOVED.  OUR. Every. Precious.   PET://///
that. We. SO. PROUDLY
Would.  Be. So. Happy
and. EXCITED.  TO
G
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We. Had. Our.  {{{.  HERBY-CRAZY-DUCK.  }}}
and.  HE.  Really.   LOVED.     HAMBURGER
MEAT. For. A. Special
DUCK--TREAT:///////
And. He. Would. FOLLOW.  US. On. A
WALK.   AROUND. The.  BLOCK,
And. Folks. Would. Stop. And
Look.  In. AMAZEMENT
as. Our. Duck would
Follow. US
and. That. Was
Pretty
NEAT://////


Every. MINNESOTA.  SEASON,
OF.  Winter.  Spring.  Summer.  And.  
FALL://///
G R O W I N G---UP---IN
MINNESOTA_________
ME. And. MY
BROTHER
Day. And. Night
HAD. GREAT
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BY.       JOHN.       D.       JUNGERS
04.         NOVEMBER.       2022


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