Hyphenation Nation

Jean-Paul Portmanteau

Was a hyphenated man to know

Siobhan Short-Monroe

Compounded her name, quid pro pro

Became Mrs. Jean-Paul—it was so—

Short-Monroe-Portmanteau

And when Jean-Paul Portmanteau expired

Siobhan Short-Monroe-Portmanteau aspired

To add another hyphen, connubially acquired

By marrying Hyman Connor-Marshal-Lee, Esq.

Siobhan Short-Monroe-Portmanteau desired

To be Mrs. Short-Monroe-Portmanteau-Connor-Marshal-Lee, Esq.

Thus, by all the hyphenated, doubled, trebled, and s0 compound-named, admired

Siobhan née Short-Monroe-Portmanteau-Connor-Marshal-Lee, Esq., retired

And when she died, her name, too long for one stone, as required

Inscribed 'cross two headstones, with one owner-occupier