by Darren Demaree
Flop the catharsis, for what can you say about a
firecracker once it has been lit? It was a toy, it was an
explosion, and it left ashes where it once held all of the
color all at once.
Darren C. Demaree is the author of five poetry collections, most recently The Nineteen Steps Between Us (2016, After the Pause). He is the Managing Editor of The Best of the Net Anthology. Currently, he is living in Columbus, Ohio with his wife and children.