Ilene Bauer Poet Rhyme

In the Background

Here’s to all the room arrangers,
Cleaner-uppers, waste bag changers;
Those who make things fresh and neat
So all is perfect when we meet.

From the background, they emerge,
Break time an unheard-of splurge,
Doing all that must be done
So rooms get ready, one by one.

Under radar, unobserved,
They work without what they’ve deserved – 
Our heartfelt thanks and gratitude,
Presented with much latitude.

So much in life that we expect
Is done by those whom we neglect
But sometimes we must leave the page
To thank the ones who set the stage.

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Robert Johnson April 27, 2014 at 8:56 AM Makes you wonder if the path to heaven is paved with gold. Know what I mean?

Andrea Dietrich April 24, 2014 at 10:35 PM Very nice to acknowledge them, unless they are the type that bug the hell out of ya, making a person help them with all that work!! My mom was this kind of person but when she realized I had no interest in cleaning much, she just kind of let me go on with my reading and writing. To this day I remember how much she loved to clean. I think the gene skipped me!!!!