“On the Way Home from Lexington to Frankfort via Leestown Road” by Staci R. Schoenfeld

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Bigger Than They AppearA sign proclaims
justice for sale.

There are four white
open mailboxes, waiting.

A turtle, the size
of a dinner plate, is crossing.

Buffalos, alpacas,
and cows are grazing.

At the pumpkin patch,
someone’s selling strawberries.

–Staci R. Schoenfeld,
Bigger than They Appear:
Anthology of Very Short Poems

“On the Way Home from Lexington to Frankfort via Leestown Road” originally published in Still: The Journal.

Staci R. Schoenfeld is an MFA candidate in poetry at Southern Illinois University. Her poems have been published in Appalachian Heritage, Still, and other fine journals.

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