by Bill Wolak
Scent Trail
The mattress growled,
the headboard barked,
your hair that shed
beneath the bed
became a hound
that traced you back
across the town –
with your blood
on its nose,
your scent
in its bones –
after giving it
the shirt you left
the night before
to sniff
and telling it
as we let it loose
that you were also
always looking
for yourself.
Aaron Sandberg has appeared or is forthcoming in The Offing, Asimov’s, phoebe, Lost Balloon, Flash Frog, Phantom Kangaroo, Qu, Alien Magazine, Whale Road Review, and elsewhere. Nominated for The Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, Best Microfiction, and the Dwarf Stars Award, you can see him—and his writing—on Instagram @aarondsandberg.
Bill Wolak is a poet, collage artist, and photographer who has just published his eighteenth book of poetry entitled All the Wind’s Unfinished Kisses with Ekstasis Editions. His collages have appeared as cover art for such magazines as Phoebe, Harbinger Asylum, Baldhip Magazine, and Barfly Poetry Magazine.