We Might Have Gone to England

A Promise I Didn’t Keep – Carpe diem!

We might have gone to England

British Air in business class

spent Summer time in Westminster

placed flowers at the cenotaph.

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Windsor, Bath and Stonehenge

Cotswolds, Stratford, see King Lear

You wanted so to visit England

I wanted so to take you there.

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We might have cruised Bermuda

or St. Thomas Virgin Isle

maybe sailed to Santorini

or up to Luxor on the Nile.

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But you always wanted England

perhaps we’ll go next fall

a five star room at Claridge’s

an evening stroll on down the Mall.

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Shop all day at Debenham’s

Mayfair for high tea and scones

have a peek at Downing Street

Fulham, Chelsea, Hyde Park, Sloane’s.

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Come join me on my evening walk

the cranes have just returned you know

the squirrel in the Jacaranda

is watching as we stroll and talk.

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Tonight perhaps a quiet dinner

in a candle’s evening glow

the children will be home for Easter

plan just when we’d like to go.

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Sitting over Lean Cuisine

in my robe, myself alone

I’m planning for our trip to England

I promise you this time we’ll go.

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