Fred Aiken Writing

Category: Poetry

June 2, 2023

THAT ONE DANCE PARTY; PITHY

a movement of hips and eyes,
sharing validation amidst the misty
fluorescence of sun-tears dropping
down in liquid form,
as soft-spoken wishes that never
seem to be answered,
but only because they never seem to be heard

June 1, 2023

BACKSEAT BODY

there’s a body in the backseat of the car,
but they haven’t said a word,
and i’m not inclined to speak to them either,
especially if they’re going to be rude
and not laugh at my dumb pun jokes 
that makes very little sense

May 31, 2023

CURVACEOUS SCARS

the curve of a scar can sometimes look like
an upside-down smile wanting
to say something that we’re too shy
to admit to,
but maybe that’s because there is a crime that was committed when we got that scar,
and it’s best to plead the 5th in those sorts of cases