Day Trippers

She drove a trillion miles. 
Parked on the seafront.
'Right,' she said,
'Everyone out
and onto the beach.'
They all got out
and lined up on the sand.
'There's the sea,' she said.
'Can you see it?'
They all said 'Yes,
we can see it.'
'Good,' she said.
'So now you've been
to the seaside and seen
the fucking sea. Agreed?'
Everyone agreed.
'Back in the van then.
It's a long drive home.
And no more whingeing.'