Big Bank Holiday

We’ve got big plans for the Bank Holiday

we’re taking the dog to the beach,

picnic sandwiches

and blankets,

and pork pies

then home to the beer garden,

pints of beer on benches,

summer sun.

The bank holiday Monday arrives

all dish-water skies and drizzle,

my wife points to the storm settling in outside,

we’ll do the beach and the pub another day.

Typical bank holiday weather,

she tuts, before heading to make the tea.

I smile to myself as the rain batters

against the window pane,

and reach for my pen.