Fred Aiken Writing

i had an idea,
ingenious i thought, though maybe just stupid enough to sound profound,
but i would cry all my tears that i would ever need in life,
then put them in the back of the freezer,
so whenever i felt sad,
whenever i needed to mourn,
or perhaps whenever i laughed so hard i needed to cry,
i would have the tears ready to go,
sitting next to the freezer-burned panko shrimp that kept getting pushed to the
back,
the back,
the further back
of the freezer

though hopefully i don’t
forget my tears on a day i really need them