At the Airport
The eastern sky
is clearly on its best behavior,
but like a smiling child
holding some precious breakable thing
behind his back,
the western horizon
has conjured a few white clouds
to conceal the single dark one
floating solo,
taking its time
deciding what it wants to become.
Like a large black period
it punctuates the calm indifferent ocean of air,
making a statement
that doesn’t require my approval.
I’ve never worried about the sky
or second guessed its ability
to hold up its sun,
enormous, floating,
destine to shine—
billions of years of practice
making perfect
the grand choreography of stars and moons,
the effortless way they avoid collision
with an audacity so large
I would send my own young son
into that sky,
smiling, breakable,
destine to shine.
DeMaris Gaunt
2010
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I currently live in Greenwood, Indiana. I love to listen to music, books on CD, podcasts or NPR as I work in my studio. My favorite artists are Andrew Wyeth and Edward Hopper. I love poetry, but only the good stuff that isn’t so abstract I can’t understand it. Abstraction better lends itself to visual art, I think. Stephen Dunn is my favorite poet. He’s said just about anything that can be said about the inner workings of the heart and mind. My favorite novel is Atonement by Ian McEwan. My all time favorite band is The Cure. I love science, and anything that relates to how the mind works. I don’t believe in the supernatural. If I could meet anyone in the world, it would be Richard Dawkins or Steven Pinker. If you don’t buy my art or read my poetry, buy one of their books. It will enrich if not change your life. My favorite things to do are hiking, kayaking and camping. My favorite food is so common, I’ll keep you in suspense (It starts with a P). I prefer chocolate to vanilla. Green is my favorite color. I have an aversion to planning or scheduling of any kind, and I live for spontaneous adventures! Telephone conversations make me anxious, and I avoid them at almost all cost. I had a happy childhood. I’m having a pretty fantastic adulthood. I have every intention of seeing my 100th birthday, after which I will happily relinquish my guts to the future of medicine.
Cheers! ~DeMaris
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The universe is so marvelously, meticulately majestic, isn’t it?
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