A Wedding I Didn’t Attend

Mother, in her new powder blue dress,

With her hair sprayed nearly to granite.

Daddy, young and dapper in his suit,

With a smile nearly imperceptible.

The ride to Kentucky

In the powder blue,

New-off-the-lot

Chevy convertible

Giving him a broader smile

And her a scarf on her head

To ward off the wind

That frantically tried

To erode her hairdo.

The arrival is late.

Late enough that they awaken

A pastor and his wife

From their sweet, elderly slumber

And beg them to perform the ceremony

So mother and daddy can slumber

Without defiling the bed

At the cheapest-motel-in-town

With their lack of blessing from God.

The pastor says he cannot

Wed them without one more witness,

And Daddy goes to enlist help

From an unsuspecting man

With a half-burnt face,

Walking home

From the local bar.

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