A Very Straight Line

By Deepak Manchanda

A Very Straight Line

Accosted me one day

At, where else, but

An intersection

You are a Deviant

He said

Your points are directionless

Your angles are obtuse

I protested.

We have the same points

But differences of perspective

I said.

I know the circles you move in

Went on

The Very Straight Line

You are self-centred

Closed

And do not fit

The squares, he said

Are a lot more accommodating

And even the rectangulars -

Although a little too perimetric

Just then

Appeared a Polygon

And an Octagon

(Hexagon was at the Hives)

To discuss the views

Of the Very Straight Line

Don't pay heed

They said

About the Very Straight Line;

To that ancient old Hypotenuse

Supported by a couple of Squares.

His beliefs, they said

Are really those

Of a bigoted

Ignoramus.

By Deepak Manchanda