My Holidays Booked

No contrails draw patterns in the sky 
No vapor trails leading to exotic beaches
No kisses where planes flight paths cross
No jet engines roaring in the night sky
to whisk you off  to far of places in your dreams 
No men's knees as white as snow
No bikini lines or flip flops
and aloe vera just a house plant
the latest romance stays unread 
and no one's been shot dead  
the camcorder battery stuck on red
No sangria or tequila sunrise
No throwing up and bad hangovers 
 the drink umbrella rather bigger
as we don't always get sunny weather
don't despair I'm going places 
but there is no beach no waiter service
No airport transfer
No pool no show
as I've booked a week at mygate 
that's right, the one at the end of my garden.

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Date: 3/25/2021 4:11:00 PM
lol the saying there's no place at home rings so true and I will not be leaving our island for at least another poem - I did a poem about having holidays at home during lockdown and all the poems we submitted to an on Island contest are now to be published in a book:-) hope all is good with you Stephen:-) hugs Jan xx
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Date: 3/26/2021 5:03:00 AM
well done jan lockdown as not been kind I have been watching the news your little island as had a real roller coaster ride down to hardly any infections then back up have you had the vaccine yet
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