Fred Aiken Writing

July 7, 2023

TO THINK

i think you will find
that i think i’m more important than i think
i am, but less important than you think
you are, 
or,
as some might describe it,
not important at all

July 6, 2023

BACK TO THE PROLOGUE

if i could go to the beginning,
then i would read the prologue for the first time,
maybe understand what it is that
the author was trying to convey,
or maybe find out a little bit about myself,
though the prologue probably doesn’t
hold those answers

July 5, 2023

FOLD AND REPEAT

folded over in places not meant to be bent,
and pushed into a remote corner without air,
filtered from the remainder,
laid to rest,
while being kicked, bruised, and stomped,
though still, i can hear with my electric ear
to the ground,
pavement sounds