By: Richard LeDue
I have climbed too many mountains
that never existed,
suffered from imaginary frostbite
on the hottest summer nights,
fallen to more deaths than I can count,
.
and if this is some sort of afterlife,
we snore too much,
while god no louder than a fly
outwitted by a living room
picture window, and the fresh air
stinks of the loneliest hell.
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Richard LeDue (he/him) lives in Norway House, Manitoba, Canada. He has been published both online and in print. He is the author of eight books of poetry. His latest book, “Secondhand Salvation,” is forthcoming from Alien Buddha Press in February 2023.
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