Whatever Fills Your Blank Space Returns

The [ ] you threw away
climbs out of the trash,
metaphor or not,
crawls across
the kitchen floor,
makes its way outside,
boards a bus,

finds a pawn shop,

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Aaron Sandberg

Aaron Sandberg has appeared or is forthcoming in Asimov’s, No Contact, Alien Magazine, The Shore, The Offing, Sporklet, Right Hand Pointing, Halfway Down the Stairs, Crow & Cross Keys, Burningword Journal, Whale Road Review, and elsewhere. A multiple Pushcart and Best of the Net nominee, you can see him—and his poetry posts—on Instagram @aarondsandberg.