I long for a holiday...

A funny poem about how holiday plans go awry

                               I long for a Holiday…!

 

When I have loads and loads of work

Especially the kind that makes me irk

I keep looking for something to make me perk

And from the boring routine, take a jerk

I long for an empty holiday

When I can follow what my heart has to say

When all worries I can throw away

And things can go just my way

But when I get such a day off, finally

You might really think this is silly

I don’t know how to pass time, frankly

And then I am far from being jolly

I yearn, that day, to sleep till late

And hope someone hands me the breakfast plate

But I have no idea what’s in store of my fate

And how I am going to face all things I hate

I am woken too early by the harsh door bell

Who wants to disturb my peaceful sleep, I can’t tell,

Oh, milkman, you will go to hell

But today I am home, he knows very well

I hand him the money and stagger back to the hall,

Taking support at each step, lest I should fall

Yet sleepy that I am, I somehow bounce against the wall

Thank fully the sturdy sofa takes my fall

Awake by now, I manage to stand,

Thinking what to do next, I take the newspaper in my hand

Too lazy to make tea, I bring a juice canned

And settle down in the balcony, next to the shoe stand

I flip the newspaper in a hope to see

Some article that would interest me

But to my dismay, all I can see,

Is who raped who and who’s on a killing spree

So, to the entertainment page I flip over directly

And find, over one bit of news the media’s gone frenzy

And could you guess what it could be?

Somebody spotted an eye of daughter of a celebrity!

So I just sit there thinking of a way

To nicely spend the rest of my day

When the phone rings in an irritating way

“I cant come” I hear my maid say

So there goes my holiday down the drain

All my planning has been in vain

The pending household work is truly a pain

At the end of it, I just hope to remain sane

By noon I am done with the household chores

Rinsed the dishes and mopped the floors

Washed the clothes and cleaned windows and doors

How can a holiday become even worse?

I sink into the sofa and switch on TV

Hoping to relax watching some nice movie

But now that the universe has conspired against me

All channels are playing third grade movies

So watching entertainment channel is my next plan

They are full of the saas bahu clan

One vamp is discussing with another vamp

About ways to destroy somebody’s khandaan

On another channel there’s a reality show

Where in all the judges are having a row

Has watching a quality show become so rare now?

No TV anymore, I take a wow.

I then switch on my pc and connect the net

My mail inbox is full of junk mails that I hate

Half declaring that I have received a huge sum from someone I haven’t ever met

And other half asking if I am single and ready to go on a date

So I turn to facebook, coz it’s the only place

That I now hope I will find some solace

And I am so excited to see ten notifications, no less

I click to open them at a lightning fast pace

But as expected, they don’t make my jaw droop

Coz they all are about who posted in someone else’s group

Friendship requests are from people I avoid in real life

And given a chance would kill them with a knife

My home is full of boring updates, I am sure each is a lie

Everyone is just trying to show how they are hi fi

Just then a virtual friend’s window pops up to say hi

But by then I have already bid facebook a goodbye

And all the events since morning are making me go crazy

With nothing to do, I am already feeling dizzy

Let me tell you one thing before my brain goes hazy

Next holiday, I am off to work, coz that is really easy!!

 

Reviews

[The Mysterious Guy]

This is really amazing..!! Had a great time reading this..!! :D