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.