UPS AND DOWNS.

My parcel
Had hardly
Been packaged,
And booked,
Before a big brown truck
Arrived to collect it,
And as soon as I sat
At the computer
The tracking
Had it
Arrived, checked and despatched
From Donnington
And on its way over the Atlantic,
And the next trick,
As if by magic,
And quicker than Star Trek technology,
Had it arriving in Philly
Where it’s
Air Way Bill
Was scanned again
And sent
On its way to Chicago
Via Rockford and Palatine, Illinois,
Where the boys
On site
Must have had a rough night
Watching Superbowl 46
Because as we speak
It has still to be delivered,
To my love,
Even though it’s been
Scheduled
For such
Since early this morning.