Fred Aiken Writing

Category: Poetry

June 20, 2024

castle life

after inspecting a 15th century castle that 
has somehow last half a millenia,
i can confidently say,
i don't think it mattered how rich or poor you were
in the 15th century,
life still sucked
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June 20, 2024

word//of the day

i am subscribed to a word of the day
that gets sent to my email each morning,
but i always forget to use that word
in any context,
so i promptly forget the word of the day 
by the time midnight rolls around
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June 19, 2024

the panda express experience

i ate a panda express once,
but it didn’t agree with me,
so i never went back again,
though i don’t really have something clever to say about it,
rather, that’s just the end of the thought i had 
about panda express—for now
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