the summer's gone

and all the roses falling

and all the crumbs of lunch

and all the papers crumpled

and the Rosalita's sweeping

and all the plumbing clogged

and all the overflowing

and all the windows fogged

and all the Carlos's plunging

and all the paint is peeling

and all the roofs are leaking

and the gardens all need weeding

and all the Ivan's scraping

and all the Juan's are raking

and the Marina's are all mopping

and all the dishes -

someone's doing all the dishes

someone's washing the hotel sheets

you made love on

someone's patching holes

in the roads

someone's patching holes

in someone's jeans

and the Jeremy's are assistant managers

and the Brittney's have syndromes

and all the Rose's falling

in the under-insured night

- Ralph Murre