Fred Aiken Writing

What the City Seems to Say When No One is Looking; Boilerplate Urban Complaints

the resounding hum of the (neoplasm) world outside,

amalgamations honking; voices amplified,

the (once great, but never for long) metropolis that never sleeps nor ceases to inspire, power and rhythm, sucking,

energy-in, carbon-out

brilliant lights twinkle like constellations in the sky,

not that they can be seen in the glow of the city lights,

ignited by photons,

surging through the unknown lattice of steel and concrete

structures of wonder,

structures of impediment,

structures of progress,

unique thunder, hue stricken, every shade, and every guise,

holding a story that never dies, but certainly never lived

Nocturnal Rhapsody; A Medley of the Enigmatic World of the Nightlife

in the bloody, beating, exposed heart of downtown,

a neon sign for a greasy, never closed, never quite open (emotionally speaking) diner flickers on and off,

a single streetlamp illuminates the cracked sidewalk for late-night joggers, of which there are none

a distant sound of dub-step echoes from a nearby club,

a gentle breeze carries the sweet fragrance of cherry blossom cologne in full bloom,

and amidst the urban chaos, fleeting moments of beauty give solace to inner LED lights flashing/strobe/break dancing

Posted in the Annals of Dusty Shelves and Forgotten; A Writer’s Bookshelf

nestled amidst the hush

an obsolescent nook, repose a miscellany of careless reminders

parchment is beset with an aureate hue, a testament to the unrelenting march of invisible boots

bound tomes, safeguarded chronicles, untold and uncharted and unseen

a yearning to be unsealed, to be pored over and revitalized, persists as an ephemeral murmur, echoing the hope that one day they shall be emancipated from their forlorn stupor