What the Gun Eats #10, by Darren Demaree

We’ve roped
the apples
to swing
the apples.
This is in
defiance
of our need,
our hunger.

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Darren C. Demaree is the author of five poetry collections, most recently The Nineteen Steps Between Us (2016, After the Pause Press). He is the Managing Editor of the Best of the Net Anthology and Ovenbird Poetry. He is currently living in Columbus, Ohio with his wife and children.