This modern gear for the travelling set
is said to be the last word in ‘refined.’
‘Suit-cases’ are expedient and yet
they appear to have left my lot behind.

Though just the thing for pilgrims touring light,
these boxes’ skeletons prove far too frail,
their shallow cavities are far too tight
for my own freight consigned by boat and rail.

A handle’s opportune, no one can deny,
for luggage-toting under one’s own steam,
but when a cargo needs a porter spry
or left-bags clerk, another reigns supreme.

The trunk! The trunk will never be replaced!
A corpse cannot be easily suitcased.