You will peel the carrots while I rinse the broccoli and my shoulder will be so close to yours I’ll have no choice but to finish my task as your Siamese twin because you are a magnet that has been pulling me toward you all these years and because the chicken will be baking for another half hour your gentle kiss on my cheek will cause me to pull you upstairs for the next twenty minutes so I can feel you lying beside me again after a very long wait and I will lightly trace the contour of your beautiful face with my trembling fingers and I will kiss the scar that saved your life and I will whisper how happy I am that you are finally here and you will look into my eyes as if you’re about to say the most romantic thing and you’ll ask me if I know what you’d like to do with me and I think I know but then you’ll say I want to shop for a grill with you and you grin because you knew you were setting me up for a big-time funny and we will laugh until we cry which is only one of the reasons why you are worth this wait.
DeMaris 8-16-20
“Loden Coat (Walking in Her Cape Coat)” by Andrew Wyeth, 1975
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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