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.