"One Hundred and Fiftieth Shiloh" by M. A. Schaffner

Festival ended, driving home we thinkthe eggs were farby reproductionsbut apples showed a realistic size.Non-smoking rooms available.Been there, done that, got the steamboat ticket:West Tennessee Foot Clinic.North End Coon Club.Christ-Centered New Covenant Church.Welcome Mule Day.Foot by foot we moved through the dusky fields.It was as if the helpless had been carried in and murdered.Twisted Stick Trading Post Antiques.

M. A. Schaffner has had poems published in Shenandoah, Prairie Schooner, AGNI, and elsewhere – most recently in Hermes, Modern Poetry Review, and Pennsylvania Review. Long-ago-published books include the poetry collection, The Good Opinion of Squirrels and the novel, War Boys. Schaffner spends most days in Arlington, Virginia juggling a Toshiba laptop and a Gillott 404.