The Nightmare Before Moving

Grab a box. Fill it up.
Empty shelves. Tidy cups.
Pack the plates. Wrap the mugs.
Bin the fruit. Roll the rug.
Clean the hob. Sip the wine.
Grab a box, fill it high.
Fold up clothes. Empty draws.
Spill some wine. Mop the floors.

Scour oven. Throw out crap.
Go to cook; pots are packed.
Order pizza, 30 mins.
Drink more wine, empty bins.
Finish wine, go to shop.
2-for-1, fuck why not?
Back to flat, stack down books.
Hoover crannies, dust the nooks.

Pizza’s here, ’s not been cut,
Knives are packed; rip it up.
Eat it all, paired with red,
Tear down curtains. Undress bed.
See her bobble, under desk,
Have a cry. Drunk call ex.
Praise the lord, she did not answer.
Blast on speaker; Tiny Dancer.

Get distracted; bell a friend.
Deweed garden (1am).
Bored of packing, air-fry candles.
Greek-smash plates. Sweep up shambles.
Create dust bunny, feed to cat.
Cat is sick. Clean up that.
Too much wine - surging sadness.
Pass out on the naked mattress.