Tourist Class

Gallivanting
through canals

tour guides droning
dated names

our smartphones poising
promenade

immortal selfies
framing days

while other travelers
watch us pass.

A disbelieving native sighs,
"Magnificence escapes their eyes."




Tourist Class © Copyright 2021, Robert J. Tiess.

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30 words (prompt limit).  Image (tour boat through canal surrounded by ornate and impressive architecture while others lean over rails on the right to watch on) prompt challenge - link: https://allpoetry.com/contest/2744157-Brevity-Image-Prompt--161--
Submitted: March 5, 2020









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