Coordinated

“Your hat's all wrong”, she said,
“On the wrong side of your head”.

“To the mirror”, she commanded.
Discovered I was now left-handed.

I removed the hat with discretion,
Found myself without direction.

Realizing the magnitude of my loss,
I valued the lines I could not cross.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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Krampe Avatar
October 8, 2018 at 2:33 PM
Reading this with more appreciation now :) Cute poem about coordinate systems.
Musser Avatar
October 8, 2018 at 8:56 AM
Thanks. Below the surface, the poem is about a topic from mathematics.
Dietrich Avatar
October 7, 2018 at 6:26 PM
I enjoyed this cute little story, Jim. Thanks for visiting my poetry the other day.
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