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Dark 
by Stan Grimes 


“Dark” is filled with, what else, darkness. Exposing all of the acne on life’s face is sometimes difficult but necessary in my mind to give honesty to writing. This is especially true in writing poetry. For me, poetry is nonfiction. Fiction can be one magnificent lie and every reader knows it. Nonfiction should be an expository of truth. “Dark” is just that, an expository of truth or perceived truth escaping from the mind of Stan Grimes. That’s a bit of a scary thought.

If I were to write an autobiography about my life and title it: “The Life and Times of Stan Grimes,” I doubt many people would know the main character in the book. It’s difficult enough just to write fiction and poetry with my god-given name. Who cares what I have to say and how I say it? Not many, maybe a few members of my thinning family would like to understand or decipher the insanity in their grandfather, uncle, brother, or father’s mind.