with an empathy so fatal #78 darren demaree
my children prefer the spectacle
the gathering the shared sidewalk
they like it when big cats appear
they want to hug all the lions
they want to hold hands
with the raccoon they always
have marshmallows in their pockets
they always collect the crowd
i have yet to explain the crowd
the gathering the shared sidewalk
they like it when big cats appear
they want to hug all the lions
they want to hold hands
with the raccoon they always
have marshmallows in their pockets
they always collect the crowd
i have yet to explain the crowd
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Darren C. Demaree is the author of nine poetry collections, most recently “Bombing the Thinker”, which was published by Backlash Press. He is the recipient of a 2018 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award, the Louis Bogan Award from Trio House Press, and the Nancy Dew Taylor Award from Emrys Journal. He is the Managing Editor of the Best of the Net Anthology and Ovenbird Poetry. He is currently living in Columbus, Ohio with his wife and children.