don’t jump//or do, maybe it’s better to fall
there’s a kid on the jungle gym,
and he’s threatening to jump,
but it’s only 5 ft down,
so stop worrying, and maybe let him fly,
before he realizes gravity will always
bring him down
Fred Aiken Writing
Category: Blog
June 16, 2024
June 15, 2024
old sum-thin
throw it out,
don't be caught with that old,
ratty thing, it's past its prime,
no longer sublime,
it's the one thing
that comes with me
no matter where i go,
despite the fact that i cannot
give a good gosh-darn reason
why i keep dragging it along,
i'm not sure it understands
what it means,
but it means,
it means,
it means
June 14, 2024
sleep as payment for a day’s work
long, dragging day,
blazing sun beating the asphalt ragged,
reading for hours at a time, studying for god knows what,
staring at a screen as the words fail to come,
lifting hundreds of pounds of coffee,
my back begins to screech,
i think i breathed in creosote,
i should probably go see a doctor about that,
but that’s a tomorrow problem,
tonight i will sleep,
i will sleep,
i will sleep
Fred Aiken Writing 