My mistress has spent two hours and a half, meticulously ticking off her list

As she neatly arranged her stuff, ensuring that there was nothing she missed

Her formal dresses, freshly pressed, important interview, she says

Her stockings and gloves, in case it's cold, and her favourite scarf, though it's old

And that little diary, she carries all the time, to note something, cuz she's the forgetful kind

And a plastic cup, sachets of aftermint, a make-up kit and a box of Lindt

She packed me in with all this and more, the story books, in case she's bored

She firmly pushed down to make more space, to add a blanket just in case

She strapped me tightly, though it tickled me to core, funny, little suitcase, walked out the door

Just as we were about to reach the porch, she remembered the first-aid and the torch

Back we went, walking and rolling, she on two feet, my wheels a'following

She lay me gently on the floor, unchained and unstrapped and in went the extras in store

She...