Goodbye Apartment

In the small beige apartment

There was a thermostatAnd a special compartment

And a radiator belonging to—

The heating department

And there were lots of polka dots, lit up by many watts

And a hidden fireplace and a touch of floral grace

And a nautical trifle and a bell to stifle

And a switch plate and a sink with steady drink

And a small glass knob that shines with a wink

Goodbye apartment

Goodbye compartment

Goodbye heating department

Goodbye light and special compartment

Goodbye polka dots goodbye watts

Goodbye fireplace goodbye floral grace

Goodbye molding and goodbye folding

Goodbye bell to stifle and goodbye trifle

Goodbye switch plate and goodbye sink

Goodbye nobody goodbye steady drink

And goodbye to the glass knob that shines with a wink

Goodbye room, goodbye spare

Goodbye rentals everywhere.

based on "Goodnight Moon" by Margaret Wise Brown