Short Story: Conversely...

Short Story: Conversely...

I can't be bothered with holidays; you can see all you need on TV.

Curiosity isn't my thing, don't you know, so I'd rather stay home on my lap-top.

If you're going abroad any distance at all, you spend half your time with jet-lag;

after all trav'lng is really tiring, - and when you come home you're expiring.

I don't even get on with day-trips; these days I'm content just to stop,

and the money I save has been really useful, - bought a new fan to save me perspiring.

---OR---

How exciting to travel, to really unravel; experience sounds, tastes and sights

of other cultures; thus we, like vultures, devour colours and customs, - bright lights!

Or perhaps be more peaceful, (as I'd be more wishful), of mountains or forests or plains;

maybe trek through all three; go on safari; skiiing, sailing, climbing, riding trains.

There's so much to enjoy. If you've money, employ a pilot; explore in a plane,

or a yacht; - cruise and dine; indulge in fine wine; sky-dive, bungee-jump; - be quite insane!

'Course there's always home-hols, still quite high in the polls of popular spots and resorts,

like Cornwall ar Kent; the Highlands or Ghent, Blackpool, Cheddar Gorge or the 'forts',

and there's always the beach; day-trips, easy to reach; Hop-tours, Go-karts or Pony-treks;

Theme-parks and fun-fairs; side-shows selling their wares, then home again, tired, happy; - what's next?