Moving on (10)

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            A day to go and most things are now packed.

             Each room heaves with cardboard boxes stacked

             Almost too high and loosened clothing snags

             On recycling and mounds of plastic bags.

            The family all arrive so we can go

            For Sunday lunch together before we show

            Them how to get to 146 and where

            To park the car, when they are next there.

            Sam has spent the weekend to ensure

            His collections are all quite secure.

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            Two men arrive from Chapman's and proceed

            To pack up all the rest, and do not leave

            A thing untouched, and all within two hours!

            I put a note out, hoping that the showers

            Will not wash away a parking ban

            In the space that's needed for the van.

            The chairs are in the road as it gets dark

            Hoping the van won't need to double park

            Tomorrow morning, especially as Tuesdays

            Are rubbish and recycling collection days.

            Sam is back from work hoping that he

            Can finish packing before the clock strikes three.

I

             And so to bed, with night-cap in a cup

            As all the glass is  packed and every drop

            That's going with us is snugly packed away;

            So I must finish off the Scotch - wahay!

Brian Hick May 2012

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