Open letter to the Moreland City Council...

...on seeing my street being cleared this morning of autumn leaves:

To our most esteemed Mayor and those

Who guard our city from our foes:

I bring you greetings, but I must

Admit that you have lost my trust.

Today I saw a truck which loudly came

And took away our leaves. What shame!

I fear that you have missed the reason

Why Autumn comes each year. This season

Is designed to bring us many joys

In the form of golden leafy toys

Which fall from trees into our laps

(And make us pillows for our naps

If we should choose to siesta in

The street. It surely is no sin

To do so!) And, furthermore,

The leaves are there to keep our cars

Warm when the night grows far too cold

For our cars’ wheels (young or old).

It also strikes me, councillors, that

The leaves make quite a lovely hat

When they land upon our wand’ring heads,

And moreover they allow cars to play

As they drive down the street. Why, they

Could fly, should they choose. Up, up in

The autumnal air! (I won't mention the din

That your truck made this morning when

I stepped outside, filled with leafy yen.

The roaring beast was torture to

My cosy, autumnal senses.)

You,

I trust, will soon fix this mistake

Or the street will yell and quake

In anger.

In trust you will see all this clearly,

Mayorship, I am yours, sincerely…

A concerned Morelandian

(The street south of Albion).