Fred Aiken Writing

ARSON BLOCKS

there’s a guilt trip reigning in my head

while playing pokemon go in an abandoned parking lot

that holds memories of shoppers from xmas past,

as the building burns

and i may or may not be responsible

MEDICAL ADVICE

a limb developed

so i went to the doctor;

who told me i should probably stop limbing

because it was unattractive to look at and made me look pitiful

i thanked the doctor 

and went about my day