Eight-line Poems

Fly Swats

Fly Swats

Out in Africa
the fly swat is a status symbol
held like a sceptre
in kingly hand.

Swats made of animal tails:
imagine the size of insect
required by the swat
of a giraffe’s tail.


Line count: 8
Free verse
For Express It In Eight, 10.10.22
Prompt: An adult giraffe’s tail averages about 8 feet – longest tail of all land animals.