The Perfect Vacation, or Don't Blame the Bishop

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MindLoveMisery’s Menagerie

  Wordle #279

 

 

Prompt words in red. 


The myth of the perfect vacation

continues to this day.

The archaic belief,

so unlikely in truth,

is definitely a fiction.

 

Don’t place the blame

on the bishop,

his enthusiasm great,

recommended a grand adventure

on a scale to never repeat.

 

No one’s to blame for this folly,

seen every long year upon year.

We locals witness the friction,

as the holiday hoards try to cope,

by cutting the line

 for a hotdog.

 

©2022 Lisa Smith Nelson. All Rights Reserved

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Comments

  1. CherylJuly 18, 2022 at 11:23 AM

    Very cool way to use prompts

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    1. AnonymousJuly 18, 2022 at 4:14 PM

      Thank you. I think yours is just amazing!

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  2. AmberJuly 19, 2022 at 2:02 AM

    The best part of some vacations is how much you appreciate home when it is over! Vacations shouldn't be perfect though they should be adventures and adventures can be terribly fun but also terribly inconvenient.

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    1. LisaJuly 19, 2022 at 12:41 PM

      You are so right! It's always so exhausting to travel, even close to home like camping. I think it's true an adventure would be inconvenient, the word makes me think of more random things than strictly planned.

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  3. AnonymousJuly 20, 2022 at 4:47 AM

    A wonderful interpretation of the prompt words!

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