Lenard and Laura Leanon

Lenard and Laura Leanon
Were know as the King and Queen on
Every street of the garbage route
For when they took their refuse out
They wrapped it neatly as a pin
Each bottle and peeling and paper and fin.

Then both together and arm in arm,
With considerable grace and oh so much charm,
Would travel a distance of 39 feet,
Being so careful to keep themselves neat,
And upon a table, that was specially made
The package of neatly wrapped garbage they laid.

And without so much as a wink or a nod
They would tastefully turn and homeward would trod,
Without a thought or a backward glance
And knowing for certain there was never a chance
That anything packaged as neat as a pin
Would have nothing but waste and garbage within.

1981