They’ll never write
a true love letter:
no passion pressing against margins,
nor metaphors gone
crazy outside the predictability
of a love poem, their name not signed
with the same letters
that could list a grocery list,
and their underfed affection
without a page to nourish
their own starving eyes
because there’s more convenient ways now
to leave things unsaid.
Richard LeDue (he/him) lives in Norway House, Manitoba, Canada. He has been published both online and in print. He is the author of nine books of poetry. His latest book, “It Could be Worse,” was released from Alien Buddha Press in May 2023.
