Moving On (6)

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           Bob from Andrews, all excited, rings

          To fix a date for moving all our things.

          We suggest the fourteenth of May

          Hoping we can all stick to that day.

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          Calls go back and forth, as worryingly

          It seems the Masters have yet to agree

          The moving date; meanwhile our new home

          Is sitting empty, all sad and alone.

          We agree to meet at 146 to place

          Some curtains, and a pot plant so the space

          Does not look quite so empty even though

          We still don't have a date - god it's so slow!

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          While we are hanging curtains in the bay

          My mobile buzzed with messages to say

          That they've agreed a date - 15th of May!

          And Mrs M apologised if they

          Had held things up because La vie Francais

          Is even slower than Les sangs Anglais.

          So now we start to ring round and email

         To ensure the changes do not fail

          Nationwide and Sky, E.on and Tax

          Various pension offices and banks

          Southern Water, British Gas, LV

          WNO, National Theatre & RSC

          Then tomorrow, when this first list ends

          We'll get round to family & friends.

Brian Hick May 2012

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