Eight-line Poems

Perspective

Perspective

The urchin in a Rio slum,
the pampered son in mansion,
barge boy in his floating home,
daughter of the tribal chief
in grassy house upon the veld,
or Papuan child of jungle,
all regard their upbringing
as dull and unremarkable.


Line Count: 8
Free Verse
For Express It In Eight, January 08 2021
Prompt: I haven't been everywhere, but it's on my list. – Susan Sontag.