THE CHILDREN AT THE WEDDING #10 — Darren C. Demaree



Greasy lips
& the kiss
& the kiss

& remnants
of this
& this swift

Alabama
trip. I’ve been
home

& I was
already home
& I don’t

think I’ll
ever wash
my face again.



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Darren C. Demaree is the author of six collections of poetry, 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.