Fred Aiken Writing

December 30, 2023

a day spent in the desert

i’m trying to keep out of my own way,
towards a direction that seems far off,
especially while looking back 
in the rearview mirror,
hitchhiking with a broken finger
in the middle of the desert
with no cars in sight

December 29, 2023

count the lines between my toes//what i hope equals algun mas

i keep swinging back and forth
between two points drawn in the sand
that look like abstract faces
waking up for the first time

December 28, 2023

headphone settings

my headphone’s settings are too loud
and it hurts to listen to run the jewels yelling about social injustice
while sipping on blueberry acai herbal tea that i bought
with a .70 cent off coupon that made it seem like a deal,
but because the tea kinda tastes like
spoiled hotdogs steeped in sewage water,
i’m not entirely sure it was worth it