Poems
by Richard
LeDue
A Strange Wisdom
We let too many days be ruined
with the noise
of all the unsaid words
we fill in our footprints with
as we go in circles.
It's all because saying nothing is better
than an angry text message
or an uncomfortable silence
yelling in our ears,
even if all the avoided arguments
guarantee the sort of sanity
that makes one feel crazy.
Beyond Binge Watching
The rent paid for another month
and the grocery list digital,
making us feel better
about our carbon footprint,
only for the Styrofoam plates
from our childhood picnics
to haunt us instead of ghosts.
Our sense of peace lost
behind Smart TVs,
which scare the silence away
and how it made us
think beyond binge watching,
doomscrolling and the text
messages we never receive.
Another Poor Poem
Desperate to look like the model
smiling in the advertisement,
instead of feeling the same
as a torn package
for something we didn't need,
but at least we bought it,
proving we exist with dollars.
