Fred Aiken Writing

Tag: Poetry

weekend food//skirting responsibility

it's the weekend,
and there's a whole bunch
of errands i need to run,
or else i will run out of food,
and like my wife likes to remind me,
chess isn't going to put
anything of sustenance on the table

vanquished//or conquer

vanquished! vanquished! i have been vanquished,
yet as a glutton for punishment,
i still yearn for more,
so i hit the restart button,
my avatar comes to life
in a digital world,
and i look to conquer,
this way! to victory!

very serious profesional//seriously

i’m a professional,
i’m very serious,
i do a job,
sometimes well,
but i’d prefer you not ask
what it is that i do,
exactly,
since i guess i don’t really know myself