the highwaymen arrived with purses of gold
the innkeepers eyes glazed over with greed
the locals were evicted, gone without heed
trouble in paradise as lifestyles were uncertain
homeless vagrants, returned to parents home
or purchased vans for nomadic life on wheels
the highwaymen will be gone in March
what of those greedy innkeepers then
locals have long memories and had to adapt
Trouble is some of them are voted in, the others are highly paid corporate gangsters. Well said kate
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Seasonal workers are a common sight in our province kate and so houses there were turned into inns thaf accommodate these workers who stays for a short period of time..i remember a story of a family who had all the rooms in their house rented out and they chose to sleep/live in a makeshift room outside their house…i couldnt believe it at first but i when i passed by that area and saw it myself i was shocked..
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the fact that they evicted locals doesn’t bode well for them once these workers leave in March …
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Reminds me of when I had reservations at a hotel airport – but with a fight (perhaps many flight delays and cancellations due to weather ) my own room was no longer available – given to those who already held them. Some folks at the front desk who were given another hotel mentioned they would rather sleep at the airport than go to that other place – and in hindsight perhaps I should have done the same as the referred hotel was just a step above horrid.
I imagine your verse speaks to tourist towns that have to contend with seasonal tourists too.
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not really, the highway doesn’t run that close to the coast … had something similar happen with a hire car once, flew out the next day!
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Sounds like the innkeepers will get it in the neck eventually.
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what goes round will bring them down …
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Highwaymen with gold; no doubt they took it from someone…
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lol no my play on the old robbers, these are highway construction workers that are very well paid ..
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OK, I have to admit all from all the stories & movies I came across I think “stand and deliver, your money or your liver..” when I see the word Highwayman…LOL
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their ability to pay so much more than the locals has seen hundreds dislocated over a three year period … soon those innkeepers will suffer
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Those greedy ones will always be in our world. 😦
So important for the rest of us to speak up, speak out, and help others.
Powerful poem, Kate! And that photo is stunning!
HUGS!!! 🙂
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I struggled to find accom because of them but then I heard other people’s horror stories and was so relieved that I wasn’t one of those chucked out without reason or warning …
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Yes, I’m so glad you were not chucked out!
(((HUGS)))
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The poems back, it was blocked yesterday and I couldn’t comment…..
“Don’t bite the hand that feeds you”
Don’t burn you bridges behind you’
And…
Elephants have ears too………
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lol good one Ivor … filed a complaint with WP and hopefully things will return to normal now … please let me know if they don’t?
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Your sites seems to be working Ok today… xx
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yea!
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Nicely stated. Institutional memory is very long when it comes to slights but short when tasked to recall kindnesses…
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absolutely true, very well said!
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Good economy, Kate, expressing the point effectively.
We’d do well to act as though each moment is our last, as it builds a happier world, both for ourselves and for those who interact with us.
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so very true!
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