Tossing the Wedding Bouquet

Tossing the Bridal Bouquet

By Elton Camp

Their wedding vows bride and groom did say
One more task before they make their getaway

A tradition that started five hundred years ago
But one that is still considered to be fun though

The single ladies are called and all gather about
While the bride throws her bouquet with a shout

Because, by tradition, it has jokingly been said
She who catches it will be the next to be wed

Macey hoped they won’t see her expanding waist
And she came rushing over with greatest haste

The other single girls she brushed right on past 
For she had a reason she shouldn’t be wed last
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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