Jon LaDuca

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“To Rose Ann” by Jon LaDuca

Submitted to Contest #212

My Dearest Rose Ann, My hair is longer than it used to be – the grey curls up over cracked ears and shakes in slight autumn winds. You used to cut it for me every two weeks after Church with your father's old barber set while explaining that I couldn’t let my hair grow out because if I died tomorrow, I’d “Look like a twat.” I hoped I’d go bald but you prayed harder than I did. So here I sit with my hair growing over my ears and down over the collar of my red polo. The same polo that you had me wear every Sunday. My hands ha...

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