Travel Agents – Written January 2023 (Aged 48)

Travel Agents

people are like travel agents
offering you other routes
they give you an invite
and before too long
you are sailing down their smile
as they put together their bid
they say,
not them,
but me
and try out my narrow boat
or safari holiday
look at my all inclusive resort
come inside,
see what can be bought
but you find –
the holidays are all much the same
they rearrange the destination
but not the terrain
the problem is –
the human realities –
quell the bubbles of the fizz
and no matter what the situation
alternative routes –
conclude at the same destination
the alluring eyes look and invite you in
but they never really mean a thing




James Garratt – January 2023


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