Fred Aiken Writing

Category: Poetry

to read greatness is perhaps not the same as being great//that’s okay, i guess

i live with a constant sense of guilt
that what i’m writing might not be all that great,
but then i remember i don’t aspire for greatness,
and sit back down to read some more murakami

word count

i make sure that every poem i write
is less than a 100 words,
lest google thinks i’m trying too hard,
perhaps even judging me too harshly,
as it’s wont to do

a summation of what i know

it’s not difficult for me to understand 
how little i comprehend,
all i need to do is read an article about general relativity
and i will be at a loss