BY RICHARD LeDUE
Copyright is held by the author.
When that little girl borrowed
Bill’s voice,
the old man who died alone
sitting in his favourite chair
gained a little extra life,
and even if the whole thing
a real enough fraud
to inspire some books and a movie,
no one can take back
memories tricked into remembering
someone who once was.
***
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.