Dandelion
David R. DiSarro
The head of a dandelion
under a toddler’s thumb,
the cackling alongside
a mother’s wilted pushes –
“Up! Up!” squealing, squeezing,
the head severs, and small florets
parachute down to a gurney
of wet grass, clinging
under the heavy gallop
of other children, circling
the carcass and singing
a feral tune.
David R. DiSarro is currently an Associate Professor of English at Endicott College in Beverly, MA. His work has previously appeared in Conclave: A Journal of Character, The Wilderness House Literary Review, The Hawaii Pacific Review, Shot Glass Poetry Journal, among others. David's first chapbook, I Used to Play in Bands, was published by Finishing Line Press. He currently lives on the North Shore of Massachusetts with his wife, Beth, five children, and three rambunctious dogs.