Moving In by Ruth Collie

Yes, they have a piano -- very glad of that. Hope the men won't bump / it going through the door. Looks as if that basket contains a / pussy-cat. Roll of blue linoleum to grace the kitchen floor. Love / to stand upon the kerb and watch a "Moving-in," makes the blood run / warmly, gives the heart-strings such a tug. Don't know the people, / but all the world's akin (that's a comfy-looking chair and that's a / cheerful rug). Don't know the people, matters not a bit, all the / dreams they're dreaming are trooping from the van. Look at that / large roll of blinds, oh, I hope they'll fit! There's a garden / roller and a bright red watering-can. Yes, they have a baby -- had to / wait to see. High chair is coming, it's new and shiny white, and / there's a pale blue wardrobe and a little wooden tree on which to / hang small garments whilst Baby sleeps at night. Love to stand upon / the kerb and watch a "Moving-in" -- tables, chairs, and curtain-rods, / make all the world akin.