Ohio Landscape (June 29, 2020)

by Darren Demaree

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So rarely does
​the wild animal
touch back
& so rarely
do the police
ask permission
before they position
us on our backs.
We should always
feed the animals.
We never have
​to feed the police.

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Darren C. Demaree is the author of eighteen poetry collections, most recently, the luxury (Glass Lyre, January 2023).  He is the recipient of an Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award, the Louise Bogan Award from Trio House Press, and the Nancy Dew Taylor Award from Emrys Journal. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Best of the Net Anthology and the Managing Editor of Ovenbird Poetry.  He is currently living in Columbus, Ohio with his wife and children.

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