Fred Aiken Writing

Category: Poetry

a summation of all my responsibilities that i’ve ever had//will ever have (hopefully)

surprisingly, i have responsibilities that i’ve been entrusted to take care of,
though it’s nothing really major,
in fact, most of my responsibilities are pretty boring and i’d rather not do them,
so i write this procrastination poem rather than actually do them,
and in a way, that kinda means i did them,
or one of them, at least

stop laughing at me

if this poem sounds like a joke,
then that’s a mistake,
because i didn’t intend for it to come across like that,
but if you’re laughing, then it might mean
i’m unintentionally funny at times,
or, and this is more probable, you’re high on marijuanaand have not been exposed to reefer madness yet

a night in bed with my spouse

please don’t wait up for me,
because i don’t know how long this will take,
and i’d rather not be rude,
just go back to sleep and pretend that i’m next to you
in your dreams