The Need For A Family Vacation

I. Family Vacation

When my family needs a vacation

away from my daily vocation

put a finger on map

give the ole mule a slap

maybe a long trip to the ocean.

Without time or money to escape

just pretend there’s a change of landscape.

When you cannot leave home

imaginations roam

making juice out of sour grape.

When you cannot afford to travel,

when all attempts seem to unravel,

take time to imagine

a castle or dungeon

or pretend our gardens a marvel.

Sometimes we are Pirates in our yard

a search for treasures with dog as guard

where an x marks the spot

in our neighborhood plot

pretending swashbuckling is hard.

Other times we make it to garage

to work on a masterful collage,

each child has an easel,

ones drawing a weasel,

the other a colorful montage.

Or maybe to build an epic fort

to tackle sheet fort building as sport,

to crawl through passages

to get to the dishes,

play in children’s exclusive resort.

Dancing and spin around like Snow White

hearing the song of bird taking flight

through the trash at the dump

or at local gas pump

trying to see the world in different light.

There are people who cannot daydream

there lives seem to be somewhat extreme,

from way up in the clouds

forget boring crowds,

“What toppings to put on my ice cream?”

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Jamie Lee Hamann

My name is Jamie Lee Hamann and I have a passion for writing short fiction and poetry.I started writing for TCE around 2015 and since then I have finished seven collections of poetry and plans for more.I currently live in Lemmon Valley NV with my family.If you desire to find my other work on the internet feel free to stop by my website simplepoetics.weebly.com.The website offers articles on poetry, poems, and links to all my other writing.

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