First, unpack your camel.

Divest it of its commodities:

sugar, salt, and spices,

unguents, oils, perfume,

all excisable goods must go;

hold a trunk sale if you must.

Next, take off its defences;

not only the cannons and

the turret (hump) tower guns, 

but the concealed snipers and 

the heavy armour and

the compact package of last resort.

Strip it of its saddles,

blankets, bridle, and bit;

it may want to run at this point.

Hold it still while you 

draw out its marrow,

unpick its bones, carefully

roll its empty skin as tightly

as you can.

Eye the needle. Realize

this is not going to happen.

Reassemble your camel;

let it go, poor creature;

this is not about the camel.

Think again.