Fred Aiken Writing

Category: Poetry

what music does to the brain (especially if on drugs, but not really)

some wicked song will be sung on an unimportant eve,
before the clashing of thimbles come crashing down,
banging from wall to wall,
while eye sockets bulge out of their cages,
and the wicked song gets synthesized and sampled over and over
until it is unrecognizable,
until it is popping through the roof and into the stratosphere
where no one can touch its sound,
because the sound is not real; it crashes down without a sound,
and disappears without a trace, as the saying goes

public library//public service

i sometimes like to go to the public library,
and crack open all the books on the shelf that rarely get touched,
you know, as something of a public service,
but i’m not sure if it’s really helping the community all that much

yellow bird

yellow bird canary halo
spins around the head,

not knowing what they’re blessing,
probably not even realizing the kid is dead,

but if the yellow bird canary stops flying,
then something must be wrong,

cause if there is no canary,
there will surely be no song