Fred Aiken Writing

Needle to Explode

quiet careless drops

cropping up in mixed

reviews fervently synching

to the voice calling out

for jets

lasers

fazers phased into the simulation

shutting up to be shut down

One-Armed Future

taking the stairs three at a time

only to find out that nothing is there

waiting at the door

except a one-armed man waiting to tell me my future

or kill me,

so hopefully it’s the latter

Culture Wars

I don’t think counterculture can still be a thing whenever it’s become the norm.