the rest of the skin
& bones don’t
belong to me

& so i get
together with
the weaving crowd

that has wandered
to the sea
& i ask them

all of the questions
i brought with me
from ohio

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Darren C. Demaree is the author of six poetry collections, most recently “Many Full Hands Applauding Inelegantly (2016, 8th House Publishing). 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. http://www.darrencdemaree.com

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