Aaron Sandberg
“Hunting Ducks”
Hunting Ducks
She wouldn’t
leave his
side
even as
he floated
on his.
I wanted
to say this
to her
or even
to him:
Listen. The ticking in
your heart is
a bomb—
see?
Explosions and
feathers.
Feathers, everywhere.
Aaron Sandberg has never hunted in his whole life. His writing has appeared or is forthcoming in No Contact, I-70 Review, Alien Magazine, The Shore, Space and Time, West Trade Review, Asimov’s, The Offing, Sporklet, Right Hand Pointing, Monday Night, and elsewhere. A Pushcart and Best of the Net nominee, you can see him—and his poetry posts—on Instagram @aarondsandberg.