TRIP TO DEAL POEM 5

Life is bitter-sweet and there is nothing better than refreshments by the sea. We came across a dear hut café that had souvenirs and bikes to rent. The bicycles we did not need as the walk was pleasant and we were to go for Fish and Chips. There were people on deck chairs next to the sea front and it was as pleasant as any holiday paradise might be.

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"I ask no more than to live a hundred years longer, that I may have more time to dwell the longer on your memory." Jules Verne

Please queue this way

So an amorous encounter is usually secret,

But we are out my love and I do not usually

Feel pressure

But attraction to a magnet is general

And without insulation we appear to be stuck.

In my imagination I saw a sign

And thought to purchase it for us –

It said –

‘Please queue this way.’

There is nothing to spark amorous

Intent but for competition,

So an orderly line is not

Possible as it’s a steeple chase

Of lust and regrets

From beaus fictitious as the Nile’s Flood.

If love were a cup of coffee

To be consumed and then the

Vesicle thrown in the trash

We could queue in such a fashion

And we could go and try all brands

And flavours without regret.

But as you know I do not take things

Light like that,

So these offers are a threat.

They do not know they hold a heart

To crush as to love in such a fashion

Is simply to mature.

Shall we stay young my love?

For my love blossoms as in May.