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Joseph DeMarco

Joseph DeMarco was born in New York City; he lived most of his life in Buffalo, NY. He now teaches seventh grade on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. He is the author of the novels Plague of the Invigilare, The 4 Hundred and 20 Assassins of Emir Abdullah-Harazins, and At Play in the Killing Fields. He is currently working on several new projects.

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::: Secrets of a Small Synapse :::

It starts when you’re young
The bountiful brainwash
careful coloring books
Rules, regulations, rituals, routines
“Stay Between The Lines,”
Wristwatches and Bedtimes
Watching time
“At 6:30 AM We wake up,”
“At 9:00 PM We go to bed.”
It doesn’t matter if you’re tired
Just Follow
Don’t question
Why?
“At 8:00 AM We go to school,”
“At 12:00 PM We eat lunch,”
I don’t need a clock to tell me
I’m hungry or tired
I don’t need the television
to tell me
What time it is
The writing seems pretty clear
The possessive propaganda
Eat three meals a day
Five food groups
Fully functioning Fear
Develops
Those that operate outside the box
Are shunned and sequestered
denigrated and denied
nourishment
Gifts suffer and
Dreams deflate
Dying in the stomach
Where they grow into something Else

Written by: ~ Joseph DeMarco
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