local_library A Violent Sound In Almost Every Place #201

by Darren Demaree

Published in Issue No. 202 ~ March, 2014

Let evening come

hand in hand

with the shadow

 

of sound, the push

gentle into dark,

where terror’s

 

eyes are closed

until they’re open

& engaged

 

with the snap/cut

crackle of a bolt

in your spine. If

 

you wake up

& are motionless,

the loud sound

 

of danger has you

already, has you

vulnerable

 

& grasping

for a sound smaller

than any sound.

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Darren C. Demaree is living in Columbus, Ohio with his wife and children. He is the author of "As We Refer To Our Bodies" (2013) and "Not For Art Nor Prayer" (2014), both are forthcoming from 8th House Publishing. He is the recipient of two Pushcart Prize nominations.