Eight-line Poems

Quandary

Quandary

“Shortest distance between two points,” he said.
“A straight line. Straight as a Roman road.
No need to survey; it’s flat, no obstacles.
Just a few scraggly bushes, no trees, no rocks.
Lay the road level and keep going straight, no problem.
Here’s a compass. I’ve marked the heading;
Follow that and build it as straight as a die.
Child’s play.”


Line count: 8
Free verse
For Express It In Eight, 03.21.22
Prompt: As per illustration.