Poems Niederngasse Sharon Hadrian Veneration Be Damned  Otis committed it in pencil, scribbled and soft Aretha slung the ink, long and loud like a bugler's horn In unity they stood behind A fool Flattened, earth-weathered hands pushing forward pulling back against puppet strings They snapped Mouth wide and jaw slack Slumped over into the encumbered toy box of tricks and treats Feet pounding sidewalks all the way down to the store A better model on the shelf Carried forth we find what's in a name  d Sharon Hadrian: was raised in a tiny, homogenous town outside of Baltimore, Maryland. A bookworm from a young age, she was always the only kid in school who loved writing assignments and essays. Years later Sharon earned her degree in English, proving on an academic level that she could write screenplays, children’s books, rock operas, technical instructions, and other things people will never read. These days, she can be found crafting more serious works, particularly those related to diversity and minority visibility. Sharon is also the founder and senior editor of Antithesis Common, an online literary magazine.