Emily as We Bought a Parachute at a Garage Sale
Darren Demaree The air favors the prepared & yet when the original owner said that it didn’t work, that the sheeting was all torn up inside, we bought it anyway. Emily said that she could sew it up, that I could learn the mechanics of the chute & then we will have stolen the safe delivery from any height of heaven. I asked, are we really going to use this thing? No. No. Never, she said, it just looks like fun. That’s what you said when I asked you to marry me. That was when she kissed me, etc. |
About the author:
Darren C. Demaree is the author of As We Refer to Our Bodies (8th House, 2013), Temporary Champions (Main Street Rag, 2014), The Pony Governor (2015, After the Pause Press) and Not For Art Nor Prayer (8th House, 2015). He is the Managing Editor of the Best of the Net Anthology. He is currently living in Columbus, Ohio with his wife and children. |