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Survival Isn't About
Reaching the Top
by Richard LeDue
I feel like a mountain climber
who hasn't survived a fall in
months
because the beer is left at the
liquor store,
while whisky wonders what
happened
to me, only to forget my name
when someone new buys a bottle
without noticing all the
descents
and ascents give each other
meaning
around a summit, littered with
corpses
too lost to risk rescuing just
to bury.
Richard LeDue (he/him) lives in Norway House,
Manitoba, Canada. He has been published both online and in print. He is the
author of eleven books of poetry. His latest full-length book, Sometimes, It
Isn't Much, was released from Alien Buddha Press in February 2024, and his
latest chapbook, Mourning for the Petals, was self-published
online for Kindle in November 2024 as an experiment.
Bernice Holtzman’s paintings and collages have appeared in shows at various venues
in Manhattan, including the Back Fence in Greenwich Village, the Producer’s
Club, the Black Door Gallery on W. 26th St., and one other place she
can’t remember, but it was in a basement, and she was well received. She is the
Assistant Art Director for Yellow Mama.
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