There’s an art to suitcase packing:
Lingerie goes inside shoes;
Also stockings and cosmetics,
Snugly wrapped against abuse.
Then the shoes fit round the bottom,
Soles to outside. Bathing suits
And non-wrinkle things like sweaters
Fill the circle made by boots.
Crannies left take belts and hankies,
Gloves, too. Lastly, suits and dresses
Folded gently, packed with tissue,
Saves you destination messes.
There you are! There’s nothing to it .
That, I may add, is the worst one.
Number two bag–just pitch in it.
What would not go in the first one.
by Ray Romine Friday, November 10, 1950
