At the Grave of Chang
and Eng

At the Grave of Chang
and Eng

Though Snappy Lunch is closed all week
and we’re quite bereft of a pork chop sandwich berth
Chang and Eng are still dancing cheek to cheek

in a grave near Mt Airy that even now bespeaks
their own combined girth.
Though Snappy Lunch is closed all week

we revel in a rose-breasted grosbeak’s
territory-staking song. Conjoined in death as in birth,
Chang and Eng are still dancing cheek to cheek

in a heaven filled with other kooks and geeks
who simply wouldn’t cut it on earth.
Though Snappy Lunch is closed all week

that we’re shut out lends it a greater mystique
and induces even a sense of mirth;
Chang and Eng are still dancing cheek to cheek

but to Nile Rodgers and Chic’s ‘Le Freak’.
So we revel most in knowing, for what it’s worth,
though Snappy Lunch is closed all week
Chang and Eng are still dancing cheek to cheek.