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DeRicki Johnson
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Wanderer, writer, reader

Ambassador for daily writing prompt, #vss365, and inquisitive human.
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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
A little person pirate captain struts the deck of his pirate ship as his nervous crew looks on
October 22, 2025 at 11:43 AM
derickijohnson.bsky.social
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
Bugs Bunny dressed as a gangster holding a gun with a carrot sticking out of it
October 4, 2025 at 1:35 AM
derickijohnson.bsky.social
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
Hand trying to pick a lock protected by magic, turns to salt and begins to disintegrate.
September 28, 2025 at 8:24 AM
derickijohnson.bsky.social
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
September 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM
derickijohnson.bsky.social
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
September 2, 2025 at 11:49 AM
derickijohnson.bsky.social
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
Starship control room, with no crew visible.
August 5, 2025 at 10:41 PM
derickijohnson.bsky.social
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
Horses and wagons on the bustling streets of Dallas’ Deep Ellum neighborhood in 1899.
July 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM
derickijohnson.bsky.social
Getting stoned
With Shakespeare
In a back hall
Of TheGlobe

Hall’s packed with men
In makeup
Tall wigs
& #crimson robes

Women ain’t
Allowed on stage
So these guys
Get the roles

Told Bard
To sell tickets
To these tryouts
He said—No

& like that
He missed chance
To be known
For 1st Drag Show
#vss365
Me smoking a joint with a Shakespeare
July 26, 2025 at 11:27 PM
derickijohnson.bsky.social
Made ocean
In my suitcase—
My rubber ducky’s
Home

Floor is wet
And for this mess
Somebody’s
Gone atone

The quick approach
Of footsteps—
Means Mom
Is off the phone

Duck’s chuckle
A #susurrus
As he
Goes still as stone

I’m sure
That Ducky’s
Wicked grin
Means I’m on my own
#vss365
Little boy plays with a rubber ducky floating in an open suitcase filled with water
June 17, 2025 at 6:09 AM
derickijohnson.bsky.social
Rob from the poor… give to the rich.
Photo of Donald Trump wearing a Robin Hood hat, inscribed with the caption, “Robs from the poor… Gives to the rich.”
June 3, 2025 at 8:32 PM
derickijohnson.bsky.social
It’s hard, I know. But, if it was easy we wouldn’t be in the mess we’re in. My execution is flawed, but I feel the need to try.

Thanks for reading. I appreciate you.
May 23, 2025 at 8:18 PM
derickijohnson.bsky.social
Creepy guy
In faux Pope robe
Told me
HEY—PULL MY FINGER

What transpired
#Dissolved nose hairs
It’s pungency
Still lingers

Ain’t for sure
Just who he is
But Lordy,
He’s humdinger

In conceit
So comical
He says
CALL ME LIGHT BRINGER

Hard to take
Him serious
I’m sure
This guy’s a ringer
#vss365
A.I. image of Trump, dressed as the Pope, with his index finger raised.
May 12, 2025 at 6:06 AM
derickijohnson.bsky.social
To show my love
For nature
Made friends
With crazy squirrel

Bag of walnuts
I gave him
Think might have
Changed his World

Next day
He brought kinfolk
After that
He brought his friends

Might have built
Squirrel Kingdom
But my walnut
Bounty #ends 🤷🏾‍♂️
#vss365
April 14, 2025 at 10:16 AM
derickijohnson.bsky.social
I fall down
Wishing well
Lured by
Treasure’s smell

Fear I’ll die
In a place
No one
Hears me yell

Wee head peeks
O’er well’s rim
Hope #begins
To swell

See it’s but
A wee child
This may not
Go well

That is when
Penny rings
My head
Like a bell

Kid’s wish is
He be grown…
& down well
Rappel
#vss365
Small boy looks down wishing well
April 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
derickijohnson.bsky.social
We witnessed
Quick #canoodle
In the back
Of a canoe 😳

That little
Boat was rocking
As it hurtled
Out of view 🤭

We never
Found its wreckage
So we guess
They made it thru 👍

We’re left vexed
By the echo
Of the lovers’
“Toodeloo!” 👋
#vss365
Couple white water rafting
March 27, 2025 at 6:48 AM
derickijohnson.bsky.social
Stumble on
Voodoo vixens
Posing back-to-back

Like 2 Vodun statues
1 was red
1 was black

I was raised
Christian
But I’m ready to convert

My #desire for them
So great
It begins to hurt

But they seem
Disinterested
Shattering my dreams

So I am
Unraveling
At my ragged seams
#vss365
Two demon vixens stand bac-to-back, one red and the other black
March 25, 2025 at 8:10 AM
derickijohnson.bsky.social
My girlfriend speaks of
Some man-in-a-boat

Wants me to find him
And keep him afloat

Her words confuse me—
I’m kind of a dope

She’s not first girlfriend
On this point to dote

Who is this guy whom
Such #passion evokes?

That e’er I’ll find him
I think she’s lost hope… 🤷🏾‍♂️
#vss365 😉
Man at the helm of a boat wearing a sou’wester style hat which has a bill that slopes down over the wearer’s neck
March 23, 2025 at 11:36 PM
derickijohnson.bsky.social
Cuz of
A spelling error
I’m stuck with
The “Ether” Bunny

Woke to his kerchief
On my face
Which he found
Kinda funny

He stopped laughing
When I kicked his nads—
Which really
Ruined his day

Since he’s #guilty
Of kidnapping
FBI
Is on their way… 🤨
#vss365
March 18, 2025 at 9:58 AM
derickijohnson.bsky.social
February 14, 2025 at 11:36 AM
derickijohnson.bsky.social
Went off
My medication
Which was mostly
Booze & drugs

Without that honey
In my veins
I’m stressed
And need a hug

On meds
Was mad—or magical
Both states
Left me abuzz

Tho either state
Could break the World
I left it
As it was

Now I’m too busy
Being #chased
By fiend
Them meds kept drugged
#vss365
Zombie with rebar sticking out of his head.
February 11, 2025 at 6:50 AM
derickijohnson.bsky.social
Pot calling the kettle, “black?”
A black tea kettle.
January 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
derickijohnson.bsky.social
Twas an
“OH SH1T!” moment
When I saw
The chewed up sign

It started out
“BEWARE OF—“
But bite mark
Endt the line

I don’t want
To meet the thing
That on this sign
Just dined

But my truck
Ain’t starting
As from woods
Hear evil whine

I found
A new religion…
It’s #vespers?
Prayers for time.
#vss365
January 7, 2025 at 6:19 AM
derickijohnson.bsky.social
A treasure chamber’s
Covered
In ancient
Ideograms

It seems to be
A warning—
Near as I
Can understand

Even tho
I can’t crack the code
I take the treasure
Home

Too bad
I fail to notice
That I don’t
Go home alone

Now ancient
Aztec serpent god
Leaves #feathers
In my comb
#vss365
Aztec serpent god, Quetzalcoatl
December 26, 2024 at 12:08 PM
derickijohnson.bsky.social
I am the new
Commissioner
In charge
Of Gotham’s cops

Whenever crime
Gets way too weird
It’s Batman’s name
I drop

I’m chuffed to use
The BAT SIGNAL
It thrills me
I confess

I etched the words
“Bring coffee”
In that bat-shaped
#Silhouette

Tho Batman
Copped an attitude
His latte
Is the best!
#vss365
The words “Bring Coffee” etched in the classic bat signal in Gotham’s night sky.
December 19, 2024 at 7:47 AM
derickijohnson.bsky.social
… if I had a dime for every comic book I read as a kid.😂

Fun fact: I’m old enough to remember when comic books costed a dime.👴🏾
10 cent Superman comic book from the 1960s
December 9, 2024 at 8:57 AM