Local Man Spends Entire Town Meeting Waiting To Say 'What About The Leaf Bags'

LONG ISLAND — A local man spent an entire town meeting waiting to say what about the leaf bags, and was recognized at 11:40 p.m., by which time the leaf bags had become a metaphor, a subcommittee, and someone else's turn. He had arrived early with the sentence written on an index card so it would not escape.

We saw him. His hand was up during the fence. We thought he was stretching. It was a very thorough fence, and stretching seemed reasonable.

The board opened with the pledge, a proclamation for a volleyball team, and a discussion of a fence that became a discussion of a different fence. Each time public portion was announced, it was announced as forthcoming. His hand was up during the fence. The fence was long. The hand remained a constituent.

I got the sentence out. They thanked my passion. The bags are where I left them, which was the entire sentence. I have added the word still. I am not adding a third word until next year.

When his name was finally called, the man stood, looked at the card, and said the sentence exactly. The board thanked him for his passion. A member said leaf bags were a quality-of-life issue and also, in a sense, a journey. He sat down. The card was collected for the record, which is a binder, which is in a room, which has a committee. He told a reporter in the parking lot that he will return next month with a second card. It says the same thing, with the word still added in pencil.

At press time, the leaf bags remained on the curb, patient as a constituent, and the index card had been given its own tab in the binder.