S.O.S

What was

it like

to see

two swimmers

reaching from

dark water,

watching all

those shark

fins circle,

wondering which

to throw—

the buoy

or the

bucket of

chum, between

or among?

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Aaron Sandberg will remember memento mori later. He’s appeared or is forthcoming in Asimov’s, No Contact, I-70 Review, Alien Magazine, The Shore, Plainsongs, West Trade Review, The Offing, Sporklet, Right Hand Pointing, Halfway Down the Stairs, and elsewhere. A Pushcart and Best of the Net nominee, you can see him—and his poetry posts—on Instagram @aarondsandberg.