Elmer

just when you think
you can get to sleep
you hear your neighbor
betty lou,
making love to elmer.
that's right, elmer.
you know his name
because she keeps repeating
it over and over
again at a high pitched
squeal. it doesn't last
too long before the rattling
bed subsides, but now you
lie there and think
about elmer, you wonder
if he was wearing overalls
and a straw hat
when he came to visit,
was he carrying a carton
of large brown eggs
and a quart of milk.