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Richard LeDue: As Grey Hairs Make Love to the Silence

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Art by Cindy Rosmus © 2025

As Grey Hairs Make Love to the Silence

 

by Richard LeDue

 

 

Drunk at 6 PM,

losing count of your drinks,

 

of the hours piled up through the day

like dirty clothes thrown in the floor

not from passion, but from laziness,

 

and of the years, making promises

you knew were lies, yet listened to

because you couldn’t do any better.

 

 

Richard LeDue (he/him) lives in Norway House, Manitoba, Canada. He has been published both online and in print. He is the author of ten books of poetry. His latest book, Sometimes, It Isn't Much, was released from Alien Buddha Press in February 2024.

Cindy Rosmus originally hails from the Ironbound section of Newark, NJ, once voted the “unfriendliest city on the planet.” She talks like Anybodys from West Side Story and everybody from Saturday Night Fever. Her noir/horror/bizarro stories have been published in the coolest places, such as Shotgun HoneyMegazineDark DossierThe Rye Whiskey Review, Under the Bleachers, and Rock and a Hard Place. She is the editor/art director of Yellow Mama. She’s published seven collections of short stories. Cindy is a Gemini, a Christian, and an animal rights advocate. She has recently branched out into photo illustration.

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