The Person I Used To Be
by Richard LeDue
3 AM musings
smelled of desperation,
while unicorns sniffed dreams
hidden behind my open eyes.
Extra maple cookies
helped the night
seem less like black coffee
gone cold.
My computer keyboard singing
a ten dollar poem
that died as easily
as someone in their sleep.
This was my defeat,
clean like a blank page
and practical as waking up
at a sensible hour.
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Richard LeDue (he/him) is the author of eight books of poetry. His work has appeared in the Eunioa Review, Neologism Poetry Journal, Briefly Zine, and other publications, both online and in print. His latest book, “Secondhand Salvation,” was released from Alien Buddha Press in February 2023.
