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Oct/Nov 1998 Poetry

The Wedding

by Brandon C. Pyle


 

THE WEDDING

188 jurors judging bride vs. groom all rise

perry mason episcopal saint presides over
christ endowed flirtation awards ceremony
anti-pope emcee still soapboxing apocryphal
love mantle flying in semaphore gymnastics
stand-sit-pray-heel-cry the snow white bride
unveiled like joseph k her crimes forgotten
ecstatic groomsmen plaintiffs ring-free ogle
blushing doe-eyed bridesmaid defendants (not
guilty by reason of insanity) archaic i do
transmogrified (we will) daddy's girl dies
with speak now and forever hold your piece

follow the yellow brick map mercedes benz
three-pointed tilt cross funeral procession
country club big band fandango (black tie
optional) much ado about money-sick bride
consummating light fantastic with ex-bang
romeos (does she fool around) pipe smoking
pre-med conservatives calculate current net
worths these five-and-dime shoes have had it
post-izod lawyers fly benzedrine marathons
tapping prescription waltzes on pyrite china
enough wine let's get on with the divorce

188 black clad fish and not a poet in the sea

 

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