The Wedding Cake, a Collaboration With Ian Jones

What a beautiful, romantic day
Most wonderful day of my life
I soak up the sun, every ray
We're going to be husband and wife
The wedding cake's beautiful but where's the knife?
And where's my dad? He should be here
To give me away, oh my, oh dear!

Oh my God! What a Stag Night
I can't quite remember, what did we do?
Why's there a tattoo on my butt on the right?
And why is half my hair blue?
I'm panicking now about what will ensue
When in the shower blue dye starts to disappear
And the girl's name just dissolves from my rear.

I'm loving the stairs on the cake
A three layer
A triple dare
Of a husband number three
My beautiful day, I swirl for the show
Hubby number three won't be free for a while.

Still puzzling, how did I get here?
A triple trouble stands in front of me
The bachelor party a couple of nights ago
I wish I was free again
The knife in the cake crumbles as the sweet cake is savoured.

As the blushing bride I look all around
My brothers and sisters, eyes open wide
They look at the cake and at the groom frown
But they're smacking their lips but not at the bride
The church doors are locked, everyone is inside
When will the service be over, how long will it take?
Before they can get their hands on that cake.

As the blushing groom I nervously look at a sister
The brothers are scowling, her kids just grinning
Don't think you can back out now mister
My fate is sealed, my head is spinning
The priest calls to order, the service beginning
I glance across at the majestic cake
Like Kilimanjaro no knife could it break.

The wedding day rings dancing on the plate
Waiting to be worn on this forever date
The service ends, the wedding bells still ringing
The now wife and husband each having
A million thoughts running
The groom takes a quick glance at his years of single
The bride not holding back on this mingle.

She loving the stairs on the cake
A three layer, a triple dare
Of a husband number three
He is still puzzling, how he got here
The cake demolished to only one crumb
Just like his chances of being free

Copyright © | Year Posted 2015



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Date: 8/10/2015 10:22:00 AM
Excellent collaboration that I enjoyed reading! Very clever write with awesome imagery, smooth flow, and of course great humor! It's a 7!
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Njeri Hunjeri
Date: 9/17/2015 1:02:00 PM
thank you Pandita for the sweet words
Date: 8/10/2015 8:19:00 AM
superbly penned had me laughing from the start.i feel like the wife pulled a number on the groom..i loved it.
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Njeri Hunjeri
Date: 9/17/2015 1:01:00 PM
yes she did. thank you Marion
Date: 8/10/2015 12:52:00 AM
The collaboration was productive. I like the colorful vividness achieved by the use of powerful descriptive language. The Rhyme scheme is imperative here since the theme of matrimony invokes the idea of color and melody. A superlative piece of ink by all standards...7+!
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Njeri Hunjeri
Date: 9/17/2015 1:01:00 PM
thank you Hannington for your kind words
Date: 8/10/2015 12:15:00 AM
Awesome collaboration. It speaks beautifully!!! Great job!!!
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Njeri Hunjeri
Date: 9/17/2015 1:00:00 PM
thank you Yolanda. I appreciate the visit
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