It can be good
to own land,
but there are some

vistas you cannot
afford to keep,
to make yours

all of the time.
I am a wolf
in the middle of crop

next to an ocean
that gives the tide
freely.  I don’t know

what to do most
of the time.  I move
because I’m animal.

 

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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). He is the Managing Editor of the Best of the Net Anthology. Currently, he is living in Columbus, Ohio with his wife and children.