Writing helpful labels

 Twas the night just last Friday

and through the abode

With boxes a plenty, 

the men did unload

For this poet was moving

To a house now in town

As I did pack the boxes 

It was chaos unbound 

Well I got bored just writing

kitchen, bathroom and such

I decided quite madly

needs a good poets touch

For the labels on boxes

Helpful not for the task

"This label says Whips"

said the chap, had to ask

My labels were bonkers

I wrote 'contains skulls'

and bad taxidermy 

of roadkill seagulls

It's bottles of air

If it's heavy, it's bricks

and a label in red

said collection of sticks

I wrote labels a plenty

And I'm sorry dear mates

I realized, I'm foolish..

for I can't find the plates