On the outta

flyingfish

The street where I live
is where rich people 
have holiday haunts,
or investors have airbnb houses to rent.
The little old lovelies are
tarted up with a lick of paint
stuffed full of 
period-matching furniture
and nick-knacks, 
to charm the socks off
the visitors flocking to
the seaside for short stays.
Mid-week outta the holiday season
my little old street is a ghost town.
Only 5 of 34 houses with lights on
at night.
On the week-end its party time,
with parked cars choking the roads.
The kind vacationers tell me 
when there's a party on
across the road,
and ask if I mind the noise.
Fortunately, though unfortunately,
I'm deaf in one ear,
and so with curtains drawn
and good-ear down,
it's sweet dreams
and memories
for long-stayer,
party-animal
on the outta,
little old me.

  • Author: John Richard Anderson (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: July 7th, 2021 00:01
  • Category: Unclassified
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  • Doggerel Dave

    Yes there are a few places up and down that stretch of coast a bit like that. Airbnb has a lot to answer for. Though I must confess I've utilised....
    To you my only redeeming feature is that I'm well past the party scene...
    A clear picture anyone could relate to, but especially me...

    • flyingfish

      OK thanks for that. Cheers

    • Goldfinch60

      To my mind it is such a shame that there are so many houses only occupied occasionally when there are so many homeless people. Good words John.

      Andy

      • flyingfish

        Thanks for your comments. Cheers. Its even emptier now as many Sydney siders are in locked down and stuck in their town houses

        • Doggerel Dave

          Wot? Town houses? Bull shit! 😊

        • orchidee

          Good write John.

          • flyingfish

            Thanks from the shark shack

            • orchidee

              I got no sharks in me local pond in the park. Well, ain't see any there yet. I saw a heron there, mind you!



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