Fred Aiken Writing

Category: Poetry

titan the kid eater

i had the opportunity
to sit down with titan
and ask him to stop eating his kids,
to which he said,
'alright, but only because i'm full',
which made me realize,
that even though i don't plan on ever having kids,
i'd at least be better at raising them
than a god

paint chips

i ate paint chips on the side of the road,
while waiting for a ride,
i didn’t know who would come
down that road,
since i had been walking down it alone
for quite some time,
occasionally scratching off paint chips
from the asphalt to keep myself going

name that guy

sometimes i wish i had a more exotic name,
but then again,
it’s not like i have room to complain considering
I'm using a pseudonym
and i could have just picked
a fancier sounding name,
though maybe there's still time