Grey Clouds Again

by Richard LeDue

Rain pelting a puddle

somehow reminds me of that person,

who always smiles,

regardless who died,

and the only metaphorical umbrella

I can muster is to smile myself

when sitting alone,

trying not to think

about all the dead I know,

who must have done something right

because they have better things to do

than to haunt me. 

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 Honey; Megazine; Dark Dossier; The 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.