i wonder at what point and at what age
people will stop referring to me by my first name,
and start calling me mister so-and-so,
at which point, i wonder if it will even matter,
i wonder if i will even notice,
or perhaps i will embrace the subtle change of my name
with the graying of my hair
and the furrow in my brow
after reading comic books all throughout my childhood,
i finally decided to pick them back up,
only to realize that i wish i had become a comic book artist,
or maybe even a comic book writer, illustrator, promoter, editor, or something,
just something to do with comic books,
and perhaps if i had,
then i could have been happy with my life,
though i might just be kidding myself
Fred Aiken Writing 