Fred Aiken Writing

i hope to one day influence friends
and then put on my resume that i’m an influencer,
but i’m still not sure what that will mean or how that’s a title,
though that’s probably why, as thirtysomething, i sunbathe in the nude on my back porch,
drinking cheap whiskey,
while the younger and older generation goes out and influences people they don’t know
about things they don’t care about
for a dime that barely holds up to the chip in their tooth