Wedding

Pouffed hair

borrowed tux with tails

not really their style

 

A lone classical guitarist

providing atmosphere

they didn’t choose

 

The clouds parted and dried

the wet grass

a half hour before the ceremony

 

A wedding in a rose garden

with an attendant chipmunk

 

She borrowed her sister’s vows

added something from a book

The sister is divorced now

 

But their cobbled-together

ceremony has stuck

for twenty years

two daughters

an unwieldy mortgage

the death of her parents

back taxes

and the requisite arguments

 

They splurged only on the wedding cake.

About aliceinbloggingland

I am starting a blog in order to establish a regular writing habit, with readers. Enjoy!
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4 Responses to Wedding

  1. kristin says:

    I’m glad you decided to finish up the a-z.

  2. josna says:

    Me too–I’ve enjoyed following your pieces all month. Congrats!

  3. Arti says:

    love your style. economy of words. abundance of images.

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