Back to -Z-e-r-o- One
From eight to nine
and then to ten:
now zero shows its face again
to calculate
how far we've come
if mileage was the wanted sum.
But as we travel backwards, dear,
from ten to nothing,
it's so clear
odometers cannot attest
how long and wrongly
we've regressed.
So let's get back
to square one
and
not ask
a number
where we stand.
Back to -Z-e-r-o- One © Copyright 2021, Robert J. Tiess.
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Written for and submitted to Writer's Digest Poetry Prompt 576 ("Back to..." poem):
https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/wednesday-poetry-prompts-576
Submitted: August 4, 2021