GETTYSBURG

Next time you visit go alone.
.
Go there empty-handed
leave the battlefield map in the car
Go there as the sun is setting

Get out and walk

Listen

You may hear faint cries
or even loud ones

    water for Christ's sake water
    God damn this God damned war
    Where are you? Ben? Ben?

All of them in their own way
prayers

Next time you visit --
if you are brave enough --
go alone