Weekly Challenges
Deadline
In the days before GPS – and MapQuest, even! – there were only… foldout roadmaps. Write a poem or short story about someone who must decipher an outdated auto map to “find their way back” (whatever that means to you). [Photo by Leio McLaren on Unsplash]
As I stared at the intricate lines that snaked across the faded paper in my hands, only one thought was running through my head: “I’m going home”. I looked through the windshield, thinking of the path I had ahead of me.
“I can’t believe your phone is dead. Why can't you charge it overnight like everyone else?!” Julianna whined. “Overnight? We did not go to bed. We took a nap for three hours and now we're back on the road.