Fred Aiken Writing

open your mouth,
wider, wider,
don’t stop just because i didn’t say wider again,
keep on going,
all the way to the floor,
then a little bit further,
i want to be able to step into your mouth comfortably,
so i can better examine what it is you’re saying,
then maybe we won’t have these late-night tete-a-tetes,
and i can get a good night’s rest,
and get up on time to go to work
for one of our sake’s