You can cruise along for months
if not years
through the peaceful landscape
of your daily life—
greeting your loved one
in the morning,
touching them in loving
and affectionate ways,
talking and laughing easily for miles
and miles until something breaks
inexplicably
in the system. It’s the engine.
Some tangle in the gears.
And all those years
of being well oiled and greased
have not welded into you
any inkling of how to reassemble
all the parts just right
so you can get back on the road
and arrive safely back at home.
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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2 thoughts on “Breaks”
I love the photos that are now accompanying your poetry. Beautiful and well chosen.
I love the photos that are now accompanying your poetry. Beautiful and well chosen.
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Thank you!
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