WHAT WE LEARNED
AT BOY SCOUT
SUMMER CAMP,
SOUTHERN UTAH, 1982
by Floyd Cheung
how to load and fire
a 38-caliber
black-powder rifle
absorb the kick
take pleasure in the smoke
rising as if from ourselves
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Floyd Cheung’s poem “73 Breyer Horses” appeared in the
Spring 2010 issue of the Apple Valley Review. It has since
reappeared in his chapbook, Jazz at Manzanar, which was
published by Finishing Line Press in 2014.
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