on a boat

on a boat you are
without mobile phone
without internet
without mirror
without privacy
without shower
without land
without stillness

without flush
without space
without normal-sized facilities
without shelter that still provides a view
without christmas tree
without new book when you finish the one you were reading
without change of clothes if you don't feel like wearing the ones you packed
without convenience store when you realise you forgot the milk

without reception to call your mate and ask him when he will be here tomorrow
or if he has even booked his bus
(which he probably hasn't)
without emergency dried pineapple for when you feel like a fruity sugar fix
without annoying neighbour who tries to make conversation that you
don't want to have when you retrieve your mail
without washing line when you drop your t-shirt into the sea
but it's ok because you can peg it to the safety rails
and let it flap about for an hour or two
until it is dry

on a boat you are without some of the things that you are
with when you are not on a boat
but I could see stars when I was lying in bed
I saw more than fifteen orca whales within less than fifteen metres distance
I played Monopoly for three hours plus
and over-dosed on vitamin D
so being on a boat
is ok with me