Fred Aiken Writing

i write a lot of love letters that i forget to send

because i have a lot of love to give

or something of that nature

and i’m too ashamed

i’m too fragile

i’m too broken bones sculpted in poorly constructed flesh

i don’t eat my vegetables and so i don’t have enough fiber

i have never made someone of the opposite sex orgasm

i have too many crippling thoughts and not enough marketable skillsets

i once wrote a love letter instead of a cover letter to a recruiter

they weren’t amused

but i wasn’t kidding

so i guess because i can never gauge when it is or isn’t an appropriate time to write and send a love letter i’ve defaulted to stop sending them altogether and i’ve been wondering if that means if i don’t love anyone or if no one will ever love me