Fred Aiken Writing

Category: Poetry

what to buy//what to buy

i spend an inordinate amount of time
looking through coupons to determine what to buy and how much i can save,
but what i’m saving for,
i honestly could not tell you,
cause it’s not like these coupons amount to much

sleep till the day breaks

i like the idea of being able to wake up whenever i felt like it,
but i also don’t know when i would wake up,
which i’m not positive on the logistics, 
but i think it might classify me as dead, you know,
if i’m indecisive about when to wake up

distraction free zones don’t really exist

i’m trying to write this distraction free,
but i’m not very successful in that endeavor,
since i’m also listening to a poetry podcast
while responding to an email about purchasing brazilian coffee
and glancing at the c market price on another tab,
and occasionally roasting more coffee for a customer’s order,
though when i’m really distracted, i just scroll for hours on end 
through reddit looking at everything and nothing all at once