Fred Aiken Writing

yellow bird

yellow bird canary halo
spins around the head,

not knowing what they’re blessing,
probably not even realizing the kid is dead,

but if the yellow bird canary stops flying,
then something must be wrong,

cause if there is no canary,
there will surely be no song

weather report

the weather report said it would not rain today,
so i did not bring my umbrella,
though i got complacent and forgot to check the weather report for tomorrow,
because i did not bring my umbrella yet again,
and as you can imagine,
i’m drenched

the dreaded dentist appointment

i have a dentist appointment tomorrow,
i sure hope that i remember to charge my phone,
i’m not sure what one has to do with the other,
but i can’t help but feel like the only way to have clean teeth in this world,
is to ensure the energy bar on my phone is above 90% when
i see my dentist