by Aaron Sandberg
Then we tried to train our puppy, treats in hand. Everything bribed, a bargain. How transactional our transactions. Conditioning the unconditional. Compromise is compromised. Just how well did I obey? Just how hard did I beg? Old dog, new tricks. Imagine if you made me sit—made me stay. ______ Aaron Sandberg has appeared or is forthcoming in Lost Balloon, Flash Frog, Phantom Kangaroo, Qu, Asimov’s, No Contact, Alien Magazine, The Shore, The Offing, Sporklet, Crow & Cross Keys, Whale Road Review, and elsewhere. A multiple Pushcart and Best of the Net nominee, you can see him—and his writing—on Instagram @aarondsandberg.