Robert Trezise Jr. Poet Free verse

30 Years Ago

At my desk
I pause to the minute at 11:30 am
August 22nd

30 years later

To remember who we were
When we wedded

Back then
Bought what we could afford
But with a colorful splash of class
Maybe

Borrowed only what was enough

A morning ceremony
The seamless lucky sky
River picked at by a Blue Heron
Rose garden of dynamite
Fuse of bees

All free

Flower dresses
A gathering of 50
Sitting on rows of folding white chairs
Snapping at our guest’s with their angelic jaws

I left my groomsmen at the alter
To replace my bride’s no-show dad
Retrieved her for myself
She shook like a salt shaker with a smile
Walking down the aisle
Sprinkling our life for extra taste

My stoned middle aged good hearted cousin
An alleged photographer
Loved the grand attention he got
Barking orders

At the quick ceremony afterglow
That served as the “party”
The Minister we’d only met once before
Said with a gin and tonic in hand
“Got four more to go today.”

Grin

I thank him for that prophecy
We created four beautiful children

And I can see so clearly to this very day
His words and beaming buzzing face
More than any drippy saying or advice
He or we could have ever made up
And forgotten

30 years later.

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